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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.

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.

Perimenopause is the transition between reproductive age and menopause, which can last several years and affect physical, emotional, mental and social well-being.

While chemotherapy, radiation, and surgeries are common for most cancer treatments, immunotherapy is continuing to allow some patients to forgo these often harsh and invasive methods altogether.

As a family medicine physician, Dr. Mathis specializes in providing quality care for men, women, and children of all ages.

More than 10 years after his diagnosis, he’s helping other people with the same rare cancer to hold on to hope.

A new photo revealed the babies born to members of the maternity ward staff at Saint Luke's East Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, who were pregnant at the same time.