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Survival rates for Black women are far worse after bystander CPR than for white men, according to a study published this month.

USA Today talked to Dr. Paul Chan about disparities found when analyzing the effectiveness of bystander CPR for cardiac arrest.

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

Dr. Matthew Wilkinson, a transplant surgeon at Saint Luke’s talks about the advances in organ donation and the importance of living organ donation.

Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute was the first in Kansas and Missouri, and one of only 27 US institutions, to participate in PULSED AF clinical trial.

Dr. Mikhail Kosiborod presented on the benefits of a cardiometabolic center of excellence for patients with cardiometabolic diseases at the ADA conference in San Diego.

More than 100,000 people are on the wait list for a life-saving transplant—and more than 85% of those can be helped by a living donor.

Dr. Sanjaya Gupta, electrophysiologist at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, talks with KCTV about risk factors and new treatment available at Saint Luke's Atrial Fibrillation Clinic.

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.

Emery Stone was in total kidney failure. And that’s when everything changed. Not only for Emery, but for the entire Stone family.