Saint Luke's Newsroom

May. 16, 2025

Pushing Forward: How a Young Lawyer Rebounded from Stage 3 Colon Cancer

Weeks shy of the bar exam, the trajectory of Jackson’s life was rocked off course when he was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. The 26-year-old’s diagnosis was an obstacle that he refused to let topple him.
May. 15, 2025

Terry Plaster Named Hedrick Medical Center Employee of Quarter - First Quarter 2025

The Employee of the Quarter Award recognizes an employee who provides exemplary service, goes above and beyond to support colleagues, or assists and comforts patients and their families.
May. 14, 2025

Wright Memorial Hospital’s Senior Life Solutions celebrates Mental Health Awareness Month

Mental health is vital at every stage of life, and Senior Life Solutions is dedicated to supporting older adults and their caregivers in local communities as they navigate mental health challenges.
May. 14, 2025

FOX 4: Saint Luke's Physician Shares Insights on Perimenopause During Women's Health Week

Learn more about signs and symptoms of perimenopause, navigating treatment, and how your women's health provider can help in this segment with Bret Gordon, DO, division chair at Saint Luke’s Women’s Health South.
May. 13, 2025

Stroke Survivor Reclaims Life, One Step at a Time

In December 2024, Todd Zehner's world was turned upside down when a stroke sent him to the ICU for seven days. With the support of his care team at Saint Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute, Zehner is now back on his feet.
May. 9, 2025

KSHB: ‘Gift of Life’: Organ Transplant Recipient, Surgeon Talk Importance of Organ Donors

Almost 30 years after his life-saving kidney transplant at Saint Luke's, Chris Paxton continues to express gratitude and raise awareness for organ donation through his participation in the Transplant Games of America.
May. 9, 2025

FOX 4: KC Doctors, Mothers Speak Out About Maternal Deaths in Missouri & Kansas

To combat rising maternal mortality, researchers at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute and UMKC are leading a first of its kind study to create better care for moms with heart conditions during pregnancy.
May. 9, 2025

Stronger Together: How One Mother-Daughter Duo Found Lasting Pain Relief

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.
May. 7, 2025

The Power to Power Through: A Linn County woman found the right spine treatment at Anderson County Hospital and Saint Luke’s

In her 30s, Jeannie Kautt, 66, was diagnosed with degenerative disc disease. Luckily, she had connections to the care she needed at Anderson County Hospital and Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute.