Saint Luke's Newsroom

Mar. 24, 2025

KCTV: Saint Luke's Doctor Discusses Colorectal Cancer Screening and Awareness

According to the American Cancer Society, those under the age of 50 are experiencing an increase in colorectal cancer diagnoses, but also an increase in colorectal cancer deaths.
Mar. 24, 2025

KSHB: Oklahoma Family Travels to Kansas City to Receive Lifesaving Heart Procedure

Chandler DeBolt needed immediate attention but had extremely limited options before his family was referred to the Adult Congenital Heart Disease program at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City.
Mar. 21, 2025

It Runs in the Family—Aspiring Saint Luke’s Nurse Continues Career Journey

Amelia McPherson’s nursing career at Saint Luke’s is just getting started—after working for four years at the on-site daycare, she recently enrolled in Saint Luke’s Nursing Assistant Academy.
Mar. 21, 2025

Health News You Can Use: Multiple Sclerosis

This week we talk with Dr. Carolina Garcia, a neurologist at Saint Luke's Comprehensive MS Center, about diagnosing and treating this inflammatory and presumed autoimmune condition.
Mar. 17, 2025

KCUR: 5 Years of COVID: What One Kansas City Nurse Saw on the Front Lines of the Pandemic

Carrie Willis, a nurse of nearly 30 years, was on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a nurse manager at Saint Luke’s East Hospital in Lee’s Summit, she oversaw one of the hospital’s COVID units through early 2021.
Mar. 14, 2025

Is It Just Worry or Is It an Anxiety Disorder?

Distinguishing between everyday worry and an anxiety disorder can be difficult since they share some similar symptoms.

Mar. 13, 2025

Home Care & Hospice South Branch Office Moves to Anderson County Hospital

The new office is located within the administration office pod near the hospital’s main entrance at 421 S. Maple St. in Garnett, Kansas.
Mar. 11, 2025

KSHB: New Cancer Treatment at Saint Luke’s Extends Kansas Woman’s Life Expectancy

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.
Mar. 10, 2025

Kansas City Star: Guest Commentary: How Pregnant Women With Heart Issues in Kansas City Can Help Moms Everywhere

Kansas City is poised to become a national leader in addressing the nation’s maternal health crisis, and there’s a way for you to help or to be treated if you’re pregnant and have a heart condition.