Saint Luke's Newsroom

Mar. 9, 2021
Epic: Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Return Home Nearly Two Days Sooner
Epic talked to Dr. Sanjaya Gupta about how Saint Luke's improved arrhythmic drug monitoring, shortening the length of stay by 38%.
Mar. 5, 2021
VFW Magazine: Diabetes is Preventable
Diabetes is becoming more common, with higher rates among our nation's veterans. VFW Magazine talked to Dr. Todd Fristo about steps people can take to stay healthy.
Mar. 5, 2021
FOX4: COVID-19 vaccine causing side effect that can be mistaken as breast cancer
FOX4 talked to Dr. Mary Mitchell and one local woman who had swollen lymph nodes after getting the vaccine.
Mar. 4, 2021
FOX4: One year into pandemic, some local COVID-19 survivors still recovering
FOX4 talked to Dr. Casey Martinez about what the team at Saint Luke's Rehabilitation Institute is doing to help people dealing with long-term effects of COVID-19.
Mar. 3, 2021
KSHB: KC metro high schoolers feel mental health relief with return to classroom
KSHB talked to Savannah Geske, PhD, about how returning to the classroom will provide a mental health boost for many students.
Mar. 2, 2021
KMBC: Amid pandemic, friendship blossoms into romance for couple at Bishop Spencer Place
KMBC talked to Bishop Spencer Place residents Una and Clark about how the pandemic became a way to strengthen their friendship and find love.
Feb. 26, 2021
KMBC: Saint Luke's gives look at ECMO treatment that saved Springfield man's life from COVID-19
KMBC talked to Dr. Michelle Haines about Saint Luke's Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) treatment that can save the lives of some of the most critically ill, like Marc McGee.
Feb. 25, 2021
KSHB: An adjacent crisis: Liver diseases on the rise during pandemic
KSHB talked to Dr. Laura Alba about what doctors are seeing locally with a concerning national trend.
Feb. 24, 2021
FOX4: Metro man with chronic disease avoids amputation thanks to new trial procedure at Saint Luke’s
FOX4 talked to Dr. Matthew Bunte about the new, innovative LimFlow procedure for patients with severe peripheral artery disease.