Saint Luke's Newsroom

Dec. 1, 2021

KCTV: Local man who never smoked pushes for lung cancer awareness after diagnosis

November is lung cancer awareness month. A local man is working to raise awareness and change perceptions here in Kansas City.
Dec. 1, 2021

KCTV: Motivated by uncertainty about Omicron, uptick in people getting booster shots at metro clinic

KCTV talked to Nick Bennett, PharmD, about the new variant and the importance of COVID booster shots.
Nov. 30, 2021

FOX4: Adopt-an-Angel program brings holiday joy to hundreds of local children in need

FOX4 talked to Wanda Taylor about how you can help make a child's Christmas brighter this holiday season.
Nov. 26, 2021

KMBC: Kansas City hospital using music therapy to help COVID-19 and other patients recover

KMBC talked to Katie Fortino about the many benefits of music therapy and Dr. Tony Zink about why he and his wife started the program at Saint Luke's.
Nov. 25, 2021

KSHB: 23-Year-Old Woman Survives Massive Brain Bleed Thanks to Saint Luke's Team

KSHB talked to Sophie Hardin and Dr. Andrew Schlachter, medical director of the Neurosciences ICU, about the young woman's incredible recovery.
Nov. 25, 2021

FOX4: Kansas City man hurt in crash holds blood drive to give back

A young man is counting his blessings this Thanksgiving. He’s also paying it forward after his community helped save his life.
Nov. 24, 2021

KMBC: Johnson County Sheriff's Office spends thousands on new COVID-19 antibody tests

The largest full-time law enforcement agency in Kansas does not require its officers to get the COVID-19 vaccine but it is now offering its deputies a COVID-19 antibody test.
Nov. 24, 2021

Health News You Can Use: Pancreatic Cancer

This week, during Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, we are talking to Dr. Addison Tolentino, oncologist at Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute, about how genetic testing is expanding treatment options and a new screening test on the horizon that’s exciting doctors.
Nov. 22, 2021

Giving Tuesday for the Hedrick Medical Center Foundation

The HMC Foundation, the Chillicothe Police Department, and the Chillicothe R-2 School District are in partnership to re-start the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program in schools.