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Finding Her Voice: The Children’s SPOT Helps Young Girl Turn Silence Into Strength
Janette Platter is the community chaplain at Saint Luke’s Bishop Spencer Place, a vibrant senior living community just steps from the Country Club Plaza. But in early 2025, she was just another mom seeking the very best care for her child. Fortunately, she knew it wasn’t too far away.
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From Fragile Beginnings: How The Children’s SPOT Helped a NICU Baby Thrive
Kirsti Millar, a 35-year-old of Kansas City, was 23 weeks pregnant with her second child in early 2023 when her water suddenly broke. What should have been a season of joy and anticipation became a medical emergency.
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KSHB: Kansas City 5-Year-Old Finds Her Voice Through Play Therapy At Saint Luke's
After 5-year-old Hildie Platter was diagnosed with selective mutism a year and a half ago, her mother, Janette Platter, turned to The Children's SPOT (Speech, Physical, and Occupational Therapy) for rehabilitative speech services through play therapy.
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KCTV: Saint Luke's Offers Free Gun Locks To Promote Firearm Safety
Saint Luke's is taking action to help reduce gun-related injuries and deaths by handing out free gun safety locks at 22 convenient care and primary care locations.
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Health News You Can Use: Diabetes and Cardiometabolic Disease
Melissa Magwire, RN, MSN, CDE, discusses the interrelated conditions of diabetes and cardiometabolic disease and how the Cardiometabolic Center of Excellence is changing the game for treatment.
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KCTV: A Comprehensive Approach to Treating Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Learn how the Saint Luke’s Michael & Marlys Haverty Cardiometabolic Center of Excellence is making a difference in the lives of diabetes patients.
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VFW Magazine: Flu Shots May Prevent Severe Illness
VFW Magazine talked to Dr. Todd Fristo about how the flu vaccine can prevent serious illness.
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KCTV: Learn More About this Specialized Approach for Diabetes Patients
KCTV talked to Melissa Magwire,RN, MSN, CDE, program director of the Saint Luke’s Michael & Marlys Haverty Cardiometabolic Center of Excellence, to learn more about the Cardiometabolic Center.
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Woman with Type 2 Diabetes in Heart Failure Regains Health at Saint Luke’s Cardiometabolic Center of Excellence
Carmon is living with type 2 diabetes, but her life is much fuller now because of the care she received at Saint Luke’s Cardiometabolic Center of Excellence.
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Learning to Appreciate Life
Peaches Tutera Cunningham and her husband, David, welcomed their son, John David, into the world in 1996. Two short years later, John David was diagnosed with autism.