Saint Luke's Newsroom

Jul. 3, 2014

KMBC: Simple technique can help prevent hot car deaths

Experts say that putting a stuffed toy in the front seat can help remind drivers of small, back seat passengers. 
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Jul. 1, 2014

FOX4: New guidelines for pelvic exams from the American College of Physicians

Should women have an annual pelvic exam, or shouldn't they? New guidelines from the American College of Physicians may confuse some women.
Jun. 26, 2014

Saint Luke’s Hospital Welcomes Jameson Forster, M.D., as Director of Abdominal Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery and Surgical Director of Saint Luke’s Liver Transplant Program

Dr. Forster, a nationally recognized hepatobiliary-pancreatic and liver transplant surgeon, performed the first liver transplant in Kansas and helped establish the liver transplant program at Children’s Mercy Hospital.  
Jun. 25, 2014

Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City honored by American Heart Association and American Stroke Association with top quality achievement awards

Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City has received two top honors from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for excellence in the treatment of stroke patients.
Jun. 24, 2014

Saint Luke’s GI Specialists Participate in Clinical Trials for POSE Procedure, an Innovative, Minimally Invasive Weight-Loss Surgery

The POSE procedure is performed without incisions using a flexible device passed through the mouth into the stomach. Through this device, research doctors use specialized tools to fold and suture the stomach tissue in specific, predefined areas.
Jun. 17, 2014

Saint Luke’s Health System and Centerre Healthcare sign Letter of Intent to form partnership on new inpatient rehabilitation hospital

Saint Luke’s Health System, in partnership with Centerre Healthcare Corporation headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., today announced their intent to build a freestanding inpatient rehabilitation hospital in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
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May. 9, 2014

FOX4: Mom was Right: Eat Your Fruits and Veggies for Stroke Prevention

FOX 4's Meryl Lin McKean examines a new study that reports that eating fruits and veggies can lower your risk of stroke.
May. 6, 2014

Conquering the Final Frontier: Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute on the Forefront of Treating Total Chronic Occlusions

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (May 5, 2014) — Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute interventional cardiologists are on the forefront of perfecting

May. 2, 2014

To Get A Mammogram, or Not To?

Women over 40 keep getting mixed messages about mammograms.  Should they get them, or shouldn't they?