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Sara McClure had been overweight for the majority of her life. “I was bullied a lot for the fact that I was a plus-size girl. I struggled with depression most of my life because of my obesity. Nothing changed as I became an adult — I was always the big girl.”

A new bride wound up lying on an operating table instead of a beach when a pituitary tumor altered her plans.

Emergency Department nurse Kathi Tolly was working the night shift at Wright Memorial Hospital completing a virtual training on tPA, the clot-busting drug that stops brain damage during strokes. Minutes later, she herself had a stroke and needed tPA.

Jim Mitchell faced a dilemma — miss rehearsal for a play he was producing during crunch time, or risk having a heart attack. Read his story.

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.

An expert with Saint Luke’s Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Center discusses early detection and exciting new advances in treatment.

After a devastating heart attack and spinal cord stroke left him unable to move his legs, Adrian's persistence with rehabilitation made it possible for him to get a life-saving heart transplant.

Gary Petrozz was already taking medications for heart failure, yet he could still feel that something wasn’t right in his body. A friend recommended he go to Saint Luke’s, a suggestion that would end up paying off.

Casey Halsey and Tom Kokjer have served as board presidents of Saint Luke's Bishop Spencer Place. Both have given graciously to carry out the mission of caring for our Bishop Spencer Place residents.

The McGee family is passionate about The Children's SPOT after their triplets needed the team's services. The triplets are now thriving 5th graders.