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With the Kansas City Chiefs officially eliminated from playoffs for the 2025 NFL season, attention is now focused on quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ recovery timeline after the team confirmed he suffered a torn ACL in his left knee.

Lung cancer is the number one cause of cancer-related death in the United States—and diagnosing the disease early is critical in improving survival rates.

After months of persistent pain in her left hip, 37-year-old Andrea Cole of Lee’s Summit finally found answers thanks to Megan N. Mayer, MD, and Rockhill Orthopaedic Specialists.

For more than a decade, hip pain slowly chipped away at the life Clark Halferty once loved. That was until the treatment team at Rockhill Orthopaedic Specialists showed him that a pain-free life was possible.

When Karie Labelle first brought her teenage daughter, Gabriella, to Rockhill Orthopaedic Specialists, she never expected the visit would eventually lead to a life-changing surgery of her own.

Alexis Ellington has a renewed outlook on life after being the first Saint Luke's patient to receive a new cancer treatment called Bispecific T-cell Engagers therapy, or BiTE.

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

VFW Magazine talked to Dr. Todd Fristo about how the flu vaccine can prevent serious illness.

Dr. Mathis is accepting new patients of all ages and has special interests in pediatrics, women’s health, in-office procedures, and sports medicine.

We are talking about lung cancer and how precision oncology helps patients diagnosed with the disease with treatment.