Burrell Center psychologist Dr. Curtis Mattson doesn't use his hands like a surgeon would, nor does he prescribe medications. In fact, he doesn't heal physical wounds at all; rather, he helps his clients heal their psychological and emotional wounds.
Dr. Lance Luria oversees the Integrative Medicine Program at St. John's Hospital in Springfield. Through this approach to healing, patients undergo non-traditional treatments for pain and other conditions.
On Commerce Street in Crane, Missouri, not far from the antique shops of Main Street, or the creek where the cranes traditionally flocked, a dentist’s office is decked out for the holidays. KSMU's Jennifer Moore has this Sense of Community feature on a rural dentist.
For this Sense of Community feature, we’re getting a glimpse into what it’s like to be a nurse in a very rural part of the Ozarks. Meet Heather Goolsby.
On this edition of the Sense of Community Series produced by KSMU’s Mike Smith, in his own words, Staff Sgt. Dennis Chambers reflects on his military service pre and post 9/11, (including the 1stof 2 tours in Iraq) the dynamics of a military family whose spouse is deployed overseas, and on the benefits of being born on the 4thof July.
Army Master Sgt. Greg Stumpff and his son, Sgt. Zach Stumpff of the Missouri National Guard discuss their deployment to Kuwait to repair helicopters in 2009.
Master Sgt. Greg Stumpff and his son Zach both work fulltime for the Missouri National Guard on rotary-wing aircraft and turbine engines--and they served together in Kuwait in 2009. Four years earlier Greg was deployed to Iraq... and to Bosnia in the 1990s. He tells his story to KSMU's Randy Stewart in Part One of this "Sense of Community" report.
Because of regulations restricting the role that color blind individuals can have in the military, Private First Class James Hyer didn't join the military until the rules changed in 2006. At the age of 35, he became a medic. He served overseas in Iraq and met the woman who would become his wife, Staff Sergeant Pam Hyer.
Staff Sergeant Pam Hyer joined the Missouri National Guard shortly after 9/11, though military service had been on her mind before the attacks because both her parents had been on active duty. She met her husband, Private First Class James Hyer in the guard. He joined at the age of 35 after trying to join for years. The military's decision to allow soldiers who are color blind to be medics meant he could finally join the guard and do something other than be a typist.
In this segment of our Sense of Community Series, we hear from a soldier who helped run a prison in Afghanistan, and who lost several friends over the course of her service.
In this Sense of Community report, we take a critical look at the severe weather warning system: did it work in Joplin, and is it good enough? KSMU's Jennifer Moore reports.
Efforts are underway to assist the artistic community in Joplin following the May 22nd tornado, as many artists lost not only their homes but their "tools of the trade." KSMU's Randy Stewart has more.
We had a huge amount of debris strikes on the north side with all kinds of different things embedded into the building. We even had felt embedded in a tree by the building. Can’t imagine how fast winds have to go for felt to go inside of wood.
In this segment of KSMU's Sense of Community Series, Michele Skalicky looks at the importance of disaster plans in hospitals, especially after an EF-5 tornado struck St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin.
