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Saint Luke’s Bishop Spencer Place is celebrating its 30th anniversary of offering an independent and assisted living retirement community in Kansas City. This month, it will be opening a new Memory Care area for patients with memory disorders like dementia, which affect more than 6 million Americans.

TRENTON, Mo. — Emily Jones, a mammography technologist at Wright Memorial Hospital, was honored as the hospital's Employee of the Quarter.

A new food pyramid, which is updated every five years, released Wednesday is stirring conversation about what Americans should be eating. The new pyramid is meant to reflect evolving research and eating habits.

Nestled in the rolling fields of Lawrence, Kansas, the Journey of Courage and Hope Retreat offers something medicine alone cannot: space to breathe.  

The getaway was a much-needed reset for Elea, 44, and her husband, Eric, after her metastatic breast cancer diagnosis on the heels of years of hardship.

“We got to do it together,” Eric says. “The things that made us a couple were taken from us by cancer. And she's my favorite person, so it was nice to have something that was just for us that wasn't a doctor's appointment or another scan.”

According to the CDC, flu cases are trending upward across the country as the calendar turns to 2026, including in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Dayane Parker, registered dietitian at Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute, joined FOX 4's Afternoon Drive show to share helpful tips on eating healthy in the new year, from setting goals to staying hydrated.

According to the National Health Institute, researchers estimated that 42% of Americans over age 55 will eventually develop dementia.