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Now, on the 14th anniversary of her diagnosis, Kelly, 43, is cancer free and grateful for the care she received at Saint Luke's East Hospital in Lee's Summit and Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City.

While the mortality rate for breast cancer in the U.S. has significantly declined from its peak in 1989, incidence among younger women has steadily increased each year since 2001, according to the American Cancer Society.

Dr. Sam Wilcox, a board-certified family and obesity medicine physician with Allen County Regional Hospital, recently hosted a Lunch & Learn to present the second topic in his weight loss series.

After a fainting spell, Angela Alvarez was ultimately diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure. Her original plan of action was to undergo a heart transplant, but she sought a second opinion at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute.

One of the most popular New Year’s resolutions is to lose weight, and while this is a great goal, it can also be one of the hardest to achieve.