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The heart transplant team at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute recently performed its 1,000th transplant, reaching a prestigious milestone less than 25 hospitals in the nation have managed to accomplish.

Dr. Tim Pluard, medical director of Saint Luke’s Koontz Center for Advanced Breast Cancer and of Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute, talks about innovative treatment options for breast cancer and clinical trials offered at Saint Luke’s.

This year, Michelle almost skipped her preventive screening, but instead of skipping, she chose to get her first 3D mammogram. And like many women, she wasn’t aware that it was now covered by insurance.

We’re talking about how younger women and men can monitor for breast cancer and recent updates in screening guidelines.

A man from Columbia, Missouri, got a new heart and a second chance at life, marking the 1,000th heart transplant at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute.

This week during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’re talking about metastatic breast cancer and Saint Luke’s Koontz Center—the region’s only center dedicated and designed specifically for these patients.

Saint Luke’s program becomes the 23rd institution in the U.S. to perform 1,000 heart transplants.

More than 100,000 people are on the wait list for a life-saving transplant—and more than 85% of those can be helped by a living donor.

KCTV talked to one local colon cancer survivor and Dr. Robert Amajoyi about the importance of screenings and when to start.

As a pastor in Chillicothe, Missouri, Jason Mosier, is used to encouraging others during difficult and trying times. He had no way of knowing a trip to the Hedrick Medical Center’s Emergency Department would lead him on one of the hardest journeys of his life.