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KCTV: Saint Luke's Offers Free Gun Locks To Promote Firearm Safety
Saint Luke's is taking action to help reduce gun-related injuries and deaths by handing out free gun safety locks at 22 convenient care and primary care locations.
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Diligent Screening Helped Nellie Jo Beat Colon Cancer
Nellie Jo Gaston received a lifesaving surgery after an abnormal result from an at-home colon cancer screening test. After treatment at Saint Luke’s, she is cancer-free.
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FOX 4: Doctor Shares Signs, Risk as Kansas Sees Rise in Measles Cases
Dr. Todd Fristo, a family medicine physician at Saint Luke’s Primary Care–Independence, shares vaccination information and measles symptoms to watch for.
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Health News You Can Use: Colorectal Cancer Awareness
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness month, and this week, we are talking with Sabrina Kidd, MD, about colon cancer screenings, treatments, and possible factors contributing to the rise in diagnoses among young adults.
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FOX4: KC-area health officials share advice after deadly measles outbreak in Texas
Amid a measles outbreak in Texas, a Saint Luke's doctor discusses potential risk in Jackson County and explains protection provided by the measles vaccination.
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VFW Magazine: Flu Shots May Prevent Severe Illness
VFW Magazine talked to Dr. Todd Fristo about how the flu vaccine can prevent serious illness.
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Calm in the Chaos: Traumatic Crash Sends Cameron Man to Saint Luke’s
After a serious crash in rural Missouri, Mark Carr felt at ease in the hands of the Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City trauma team.