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Health News You Can Use: Importance of Lung Cancer Screenings
Lung Cancer is the number one cause of cancer-related death in the United States. But only around 18% of all those eligible were screened in 2022, according to the American Lung Association.
A Precautionary Low-Dose Lung Cancer Screening Saved Bill’s Life
Bill Euwer heard all the warnings about smoking.
During a 2023 checkup at Saint Luke’s Primary Care in Lee’s Summit, Bill’s nurse practitioner suggested he get a low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) lung cancer screening based on his smoking history to rule out the possibility of cancer.
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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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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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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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Jim and Barbara: The Definition of ‘In This Together’ - Husband and Wife Face Lung Cancer
Over the years, they have done everything together: graduated high school, tied the knot, bought their first home, and raised a family. For all they have shared, they never dreamed of sharing a cancer 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.