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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.

This MS awareness month, Dr. Carolina Garcia, a neurologist at Saint Luke's Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Center, discusses diagnosing and treating this inflammatory and presumed autoimmune condition.

Growing research shows why popular GLP-1 weight loss medications might be beneficial for people with multiple sclerosis, but the jury’s still out.

Empower yourself by learning all you can about therapies for multiple sclerosis.

Dr. Tim Pluard talks about an exciting expansion that will make cancer care more accessible to Kansas City’s growing Northland community.

Local anchor, Christel Bell, came to Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City when she knew something wasn't right.

FOX4 talked to Dr. Karin Olds about Guillain-Barre Syndrome and recovery.

The Koontz Center has cared for hundreds of patients with Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer since its inception in 2016.

A recent study out of Harvard School of Public Health found a strong relationship between those who had mononucleosis, or the “kissing disease,” and multiple sclerosis later in life.