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Born with congenital heart disease, Christin Murphy, 41, was familiar with cardiology appointments, stress tests, and surgeries.

Chandler DeBolt needed immediate attention but had extremely limited options before his family was referred to the Adult Congenital Heart Disease program at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City.

In addition to her generous financial contributions, Denise has devoted her retirement to working on behalf of others with hearing loss.

Largest systematic study of atherosclerosis in ancient human remains suggests innate human predisposition to heart disease.

Melody Unger loves to fill the world with sound. If the spirited 8-year-old isn’t singing, she’s humming, playing the drums, asking questions, or playing make-believe. But for the first two years of her life, Melody lived in silence.

Maddox was born with hereditary hearing loss. He received a cochlear implant. Watch how it changed his life.

What began as a middle-of-the-night trip to the bathroom turned into a nightmare—and then a miracle—for 83-year-old Chillicothe resident Shirley Eskew. After getting out of bed, Shirley slipped and fell. “I just hit the concrete hard,” she remembers. Things got blurry after that, but she did manage to call for help and get to the emergency room at Hedrick Medical Center.

Melody spent 136 days in the NICU. She didn't respond to sound. Read about her journey to be able to finally hear.