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KSHB: ‘Gift of Life’: Organ Transplant Recipient, Surgeon Talk Importance of Organ Donors

Almost 30 years after his life-saving kidney transplant at Saint Luke's, Chris Paxton continues to express gratitude and raise awareness for organ donation through his participation in the Transplant Games of America.

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Health News You Can Use: Organ Donation and Transplant Coordinators

Matthew Wilkinson, MD, a surgeon with Saint Luke’s kidney and liver transplant program, and Erica Sparks, a transplant coordinator with Saint Luke's, discuss the transplant process and importance of organ donation.

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Health News You Can Use: Advances in Transplant & Organ Donation

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

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Missouri Liver Cancer Survivor Gets Life-Changing Transplant

Matt Dickhut jokes he’s never won the Powerball, despite decades of trying his hand. But he did win the lottery. Instead of a big check, his winnings came in the form of a new liver.

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Health News You Can Use: Defeat Diabetes

Melissa Magwire talks about why diabetes is a population health problem and a unique program at Saint Luke's that is helping patients across the nation.

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Giving in Action: John Helzberg

“Physicians see all kinds of inequities in medical care and it’s heartbreaking. But we can take care of some of those things." —John Helzberg, MD

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Health News You Can Use: Living Organ Donation

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.

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Woman with Type 2 Diabetes in Heart Failure Regains Health at Saint Luke’s Cardiometabolic Center of Excellence

Carmon is living with type 2 diabetes, but her life is much fuller now because of the care she received at Saint Luke’s Cardiometabolic Center of Excellence.

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From the ICU to 10,000 Steps a Day

Saint Luke’s helped Luis Cordoba reclaim his life after diabetes diagnosis

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The Perfect Kidney Transplant Match

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