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"Grateful and Humbled": The Back-to-Back Transplants at Saint Luke's that Saved One Man's Life
Anthony Weatherspoon, 68, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, remembers it like it was yesterday: The day he wasn’t feeling very well in 2024. “I didn’t know what was up,” Anthony says, with his wife, Peggy, at his side.
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KCTV: Saint Luke’s doctor describes impacts of concussion on athletes
After Patrick Mahomes was tackled around the head, KCTV talked to a neurologist about the impact concussions can have on athletes.
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Parkinson's Couldn't Stop Barry
"It was frustrating, and I thought that was just the way life was going to be," Barry Blank said. Read his about journey with Parkinson's and about the procedure that changed his life.
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Jenna Bell: One Year After Heart Transplant
One in three women will die from heart disease. Jenna fought to live.
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After nine lung doctors, James Seymore finds relief in rehab at Saint Luke’s East Hospital
For three decades, breathing troubles followed James Seymore as he and his wife moved from one place to another.
In 1980, he received his first diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis in Wyoming. The inflammatory condition can cause shortness of breath, coughing, fatigue, and joint pain. His first bout resolved after a course of steroids, but it returned seven years later after the Seymores moved to Oregon.