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Sep. 16, 2019

MD Magazine: Comorbidity Care with SGLT-2 Inhibition

Mikhail Kosiborod, MD, director of Cardiometabolic Research at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, discussed where the clinical understanding of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors—as well as GLP-1 agonists—are stationed headed into the new dapagliflozin data.
Krishna Patel, ASNC/IANC Research Fellow Reveals the Future of Patient-centered Reporting in MPI
Sep. 16, 2019

ASNC/IANC Research Fellow Reveals the Future of Patient-centered Reporting in MPI

Cardiology fellow Krishna Patel, MD, presented an update on her research into patient-friendly reporting of cardiac imaging results at the ASNC's 24th Annual Scientific Session 2019 session, “Machine Learning in SPECT MPI Applications."
Runners competing in the 9th Annual Plaza 10K
Sep. 13, 2019

Ninth Annual Plaza 10K raises nearly $50,000 for Saint Luke's Home Care and Hospice

Nearly 4,000 runners gathered to compete in the 2019 Plaza 10K to benefit Saint Luke's Home Care and Hospice.
research image with doctor and stethoscope, medication and blood platelets
Sep. 12, 2019

Saint Luke’s leads first of its kind trial to help patients with heart failure – DEFINE-HF

DEFINE-HF was not only the first multi-center randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial that Saint Luke’s developed, coordinated, and implemented in its entirety, but the first significant effort to look at what effect dapagliflozin, a drug initially created for the treatment of diabetes, was going to have in patients who also have heart failure.  
Better Kansas City. Amanda Davis talking to Bill Hurrelbrink.
Sep. 10, 2019

Better Kansas City: Open the conversation surrounding suicide

September is National Suicide Prevention Month. Amanda Davis shares how to open the conversation with teens and children, as well as what stressors can trigger harmful thoughts with Better Kansas City.  
Study says some vaccinated for mumps not protected. KCTV 5 News. @KCTV5
Sep. 4, 2019

KCTV: Study says some vaccinated for mumps are not protected

Mumps cases are on the rise, and a new study says even people who are vaccinated may still get the virus. KCTV talked to Dr. Todd Fristo to find out if parents should be concerned.
Dr. Tracy Stevens - Saint Luke's Muriel I. Kauffman Women's Heart Center - Better Kansas City
Aug. 28, 2019

Better Kansas City - Saint Luke's Women's Heart Center celebrates 25 years with the Temptations

Saint Luke's Muriel I. Kauffman Women's Heart Center is celebrating its 25th year serving the Kansas City community and taking a proactive role in addressing women's heart health.
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Aug. 28, 2019

Saint Luke’s News: New research finds key to improving both mental, physical health

Saint Luke’s cardiologist James O’Keefe, MD, co-authors new study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.