Saint Luke's Newsroom
Feb. 22, 2021

KCTV: Family of COVID-19 patient offers hope to others battling deadly virus
KCTV shares the story of one local man's road to recovery at Saint Luke's Hospital as he gets ready to head home to his family.
Feb. 22, 2021

KCTV: Doctors find iPhone 12 magnets can interfere with pacemakers, defibrillators
KCTV talked to Dr. Sanjaya Gupta about the issue with the new phone's powerful magnet and what patients should do.
Feb. 20, 2021

KSHB: Doctors say several factors led to drop in KC-area COVID-19 cases, testing
KSHB talked to Dr. Sarah Boyd about reasons why COVID-19 cases and testing numbers are down.
Feb. 20, 2021

FOX4: Hoping to help sickest COVID patients, metro woman has donated plasma 11 times since recovery
FOX4 talked to Dr. Lowell Tilzer about when convalescent plasma can be helpful to patients with COVID-19.
Feb. 18, 2021

MedwireNews: Direct ‘decongestion’ effect shown for empagliflozin in HF
MedwireNews explains the findings of the randomized EMBRACE-HF trial by Dr. Mikhail Kosiborod and his colleagues.
Feb. 18, 2021

Heart Transplant Recipient Earns Black Belt 
When Shannon Clarke, a 48-year-old, retired police officer, received a heart from Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, he had no idea just how transformational it would be. 
Feb. 17, 2021

Health News You Can Use: New Treatments for Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation - or AFib - is becoming more common among people in the U.S. Left untreated, AFib can lead to serious health complications.
Feb. 17, 2021

KSHB: Doctors warn iPhone 12 magnets may disable implantable defibrillators, pacemakers
KSHB talked to Dr. Sanjaya Gupta about what people with implantable medical devices should know about strong magnets in the iPhone 12.
Feb. 17, 2021

KMBC: New side effect from COVID-19 vaccine might be mistaken as breast cancer
KMBC talked to Dr. Mary Mitchell about the new side effect seen in some women and why the vaccine is causing it to happen.