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KCTV: Traumatic Car Accident Survivor Reunites With Care Team on Trauma Survivors Day
After receiving care at Saint Luke's and relearning how to walk through rigorous outpatient rehab, Michelle returned to Saint Luke's to visit with her care team.
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Innovative Heart Failure Device Helps Lawrence Woman Return to Doing What She Loves
When Debbie O’Neal was diagnosed with heart failure at 75, she feared her life was ending. She was the same age that her mother had been when she died of heart disease.
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Primary Care, the First Line of Defense Against Heart Disease
While it’s common to associate heart health with cardiologists, primary care providers play an important role in heart health by being your first line of defense and determining your risk for heart disease.
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A Simple Test Can Help Determine Your Risk for Heart Attack
For people age 60 or older, or who have a family history of heart disease, one simple test and a matter of minutes can determine the potential risk of a future heart attack.
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Health News You Can Use: Stroke Rehabilitation
We’re talking about how rehabilitation can help improve mobility and independence after a stroke.
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Health News You Can Use: Amputee Rehabilitation
We’re talking about the important role of rehabilitation after amputation and the expertise at Saint Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute.
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Wife’s Demand Saves Husband’s Life
Just before his 60th birthday, Joe VonHolt was lunching with his wife, Bev, when he had a bout of what he thought was indigestion. The retired mechanic had suffered from acid reflux for 20 years, but the pain in his chest was getting worse. It used to occur only when he exerted himself. Now it was nearly constant. The two prescriptions and nearly 30 antacids he took daily weren’t helping.