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KMBC: Wisconsin Women Finds Hope At Saint Luke's After Stage 4 Breast Cancer Diagnosis
In 2017, Bernadette Priestley was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. She was 37-years-old—and her two young children were just three and five years old.
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Kansas City Business Journal: Meet Leaders Shaping Health Care in KC
The Kansas City Business Journal named Darren Bass, DPT, FACHE, president of Saint Luke’s North and Critical Access Region, as one of its 20 health care professionals to know in the Kansas City area in 2025.
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Wisconsin Mother Flies to KC for Metastatic Breast Cancer Care
Bernadette Priestley had just moved back to Wisconsin from London with her husband and two boys when her life changed forever.
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Health News You Can Use: Managing Breast Cancer Treatment Side Effects
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, aside from skin cancers. Treatment like radiation and chemotherapy can take a toll on the body, causing side effects such as fatigue, hair loss, and nausea.
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"Grateful and Humbled": The Back-to-Back Transplants at Saint Luke's that Saved One Man's Life
Anthony Weatherspoon, 68, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, remembers it like it was yesterday: The day he wasn’t feeling very well in 2024. “I didn’t know what was up,” Anthony says, with his wife, Peggy, at his side.
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Chillicothe Man Celebrates Birthday, Holidays After Life-Threatening Wasp Sting
Todd Shannon expresses thanks to Saint Luke's providers for their life-saving interventions which ultimately saved his life.
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FOX4: Patients Vote from the Hospital on Election Day
A Saint Luke's North Hospital patient shared her experience with FOX4 after she was able to vote from her hospital bed.
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BJC Health System Receives National Recognition for LGBTQ+ Equality and Inclusion
Multiple hospitals earned high marks as Healthcare Equality Leader and High Performer designations.
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Kansas City Business Journal: Saint Luke's Health System Names Former Cox Exec as CEO of Its North Region
Saint Luke's Health System named Darren Bass as CEO of its North Region.
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Darren Bass Named Chief Executive Officer of Saint Luke’s Health System’s North Region
Darren Bass, DPT, FACHE, has been named Chief Executive Officer for Saint Luke’s North Region.