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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.

This MS awareness month, Dr. Carolina Garcia, a neurologist at Saint Luke's Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Center, discusses diagnosing and treating this inflammatory and presumed autoimmune condition.

Growing research shows why popular GLP-1 weight loss medications might be beneficial for people with multiple sclerosis, but the jury’s still out.

Empower yourself by learning all you can about therapies for multiple sclerosis.

The four-year observational study will research U.S. pregnant people with cardiovascular disease to better understand and combat maternal mortality and morbidity.

Feeling “off” turned into a critical situation within moments when Stacee suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm that led to a hemorrhagic stroke.

In the past, many women born with a heart condition were told they would not be able to birth children safely.

FOX4 talked to Dr. Karin Olds about Guillain-Barre Syndrome and recovery.

An elementary school music teacher and jazz musician, 54-year-old Lisa was initially diagnosed with high blood pressure—the number one killer of women—in her early 30s. It is often called “the silent killer” because most who have it don’t experience any symptoms. Lisa was on blood pressure medication but had stopped taking it because she experienced side effects. She put off seeing her doctor about it for several months.

A recent study out of Harvard School of Public Health found a strong relationship between those who had mononucleosis, or the “kissing disease,” and multiple sclerosis later in life.