Saint Luke's Newsroom

Jul. 7, 2020

KCTV: Foods to boost your immune system

KCTV came to Saint Luke's Muriel I. Kauffman Women's Heart Center's Food As Medicine Everyday Kitchen to talk about foods that can boost your immune system.
Jul. 7, 2020

Learning to Appreciate Life

Peaches Tutera Cunningham and her husband, David, welcomed their son, John David, into the world in 1996. Two short years later, John David was diagnosed with autism.
Jul. 7, 2020

Courier Tribune: FAME: Expert discusses healthy summer snack options

Instilling nutritious eating habits at an early age can create lifelong practices that promote good health. The Courier Tribune talked to Lucas Schubert with Saint Luke's Food As Medicine Everyday (FAME) program about healthy snack and drink options for summer.
Jul. 4, 2020

KCTV: Fireworks and hand sanitizer could make for dangerous combination on July 4th

Doctors warn there may be added risk for fireworks injuries this year during the pandemic. KCTV talked to Dr. Tom McEwan about why hand sanitizer and fireworks are a dangerous combination.
FOX 4 News. Man cooking steaks over a grill.
Jul. 4, 2020

FOX4: Saint Luke's doctor shares ways to stay COVID-19 safe during Fourth of July celebrations

As Americans gear up to celebrate the Fourth of July, FOX4 talked to Dr. Sarah Boyd about things you can do to stay COVID-19 safe over the holiday weekend.
KMBC 9 abc. Photo of Carol Lance and her new baby, Harmony.
Jul. 3, 2020

KMBC: Doctors urge pregnant women to be extra cautious as growing number test positive for COVID-19

The number of pregnant women testing positive for COVID-19 is going up in the Kansas City area. KMBC talked to Dr. Ingenue Cobbinah about what precautions expectant mothers should take.
Allen County Regional Hospital.
Jul. 2, 2020

Iola Register: Hospital goes under Saint Luke's umbrella

As of July 1, Allen County Regional Hospital is now part of Saint Luke's Health System. The Iola Register took a look at the July 1 transition as well as the hospital's history and the new ACRH administrator, Elmore Patterson.
Saint Luke’s South campus rendering. Sun Newspaper Collection, Johnson County Museum.
Jul. 2, 2020

Shawnee Mission Post: Johnson County's hospitals and healthcare systems

With so much health news amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Shawnee Mission Post wrote a three-part series exploring the history of health care in Johnson County, including Saint Luke's.
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Jul. 1, 2020

Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute Transplant #745

Andrew Widman was merely hours old when doctors discovered he had a rare heart defect called transposition of the great arteries.