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KMBC: Young Kansas City Lawyer Beats Stage 3 Colon Cancer, Shares Message of Awareness
Jackson Auer was two days away from his 26th birthday when he was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. 10 months later, Jackson is now cancer-free, newly engaged, and hoping to raise awareness of the disease.
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Pharmacy Practice News: Lessons Learned From ASHP’s Center of Excellence Program Recipients
Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City is one of six institutions recognized as Certified Centers of Excellence in Medication-Use Safety and Pharmacy Practice.
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KSHB: Oklahoma Family Travels to Kansas City to Receive Lifesaving Heart Procedure
Chandler DeBolt needed immediate attention but had extremely limited options before his family was referred to the Adult Congenital Heart Disease program at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City.
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It Runs in the Family—Aspiring Saint Luke’s Nurse Continues Career Journey
Amelia McPherson’s nursing career at Saint Luke’s is just getting started—after working for four years at the on-site daycare, she recently enrolled in Saint Luke’s Nursing Assistant Academy.
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KMBC: New Heart Procedure at Saint Luke’s Gives Hope to Patient With Decades-long Heart Issues
After years of life-threatening cardiac episodes and chest pain, Cindy Mager, 59, became the first Saint Luke's patient to undergo this innovative, life-saving procedure.
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Kansas City Star: Guest Commentary: How Pregnant Women With Heart Issues in Kansas City Can Help Moms Everywhere
Kansas City is poised to become a national leader in addressing the nation’s maternal health crisis, and there’s a way for you to help or to be treated if you’re pregnant and have a heart condition.
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Health News You Can Use: Obesity Treatment Advances
Dr. James O’Keefe and Dr. Andrew Sauer with Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute talk about new research that is changing the way obesity is treated and understood.
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KCTV: Second Opinion From Saint Luke's Saves Man's Life After Put On Hospice at 52
A local man with heart failure who was told numerous times he only had months to live gets a second chance at life after treatment at Saint Luke's.
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Innovative Heart Failure Device Helps Lawrence Woman Return to Doing What She Loves
When Debbie O’Neal was diagnosed with heart failure at 75, she feared her life was ending. She was the same age that her mother had been when she died of heart disease.
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KCTV: Saint Luke's Study Finds GLP-1 Medications May Improve Addictive Behaviors
James O’Keefe, MD, a co-investigator of this study, and director of preventive cardiology at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, talked with KCTV about these new findings.