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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.  
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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.
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Aug. 27, 2019

FOX4: FAME: Turkey Avocado Roll-ups and other healthy school lunches

Lucas Schubert, Nutritional Coordinator with Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute and the Food As Medicine Everyday (FAME) program, shares how to make easy Turkey Avocado Roll-ups and other healthy lunch options as kids go back to school with the FOX4 morning show. 
Mark Carr and his wife Mary Beth
Aug. 26, 2019

Calm in the Chaos: Traumatic Crash Sends Cameron Man to Saint Luke’s

After a serious crash in rural Missouri, Mark Carr felt at ease in the hands of the Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City trauma team.
FOX 4 News. Saint Luke's Rehab Institute Opens. Overland Park, KS.
Aug. 26, 2019

FOX4: Saint Luke's Rehabilitation Institute opening in September

There is now new hope for people who have suffered life-altering injuries in the region. FOX4 talked to one patient who came to Saint Luke's for her rehabilitation care after suffering multiple aneurysms and a stroke.
Aug. 23, 2019

KSHB: Saint Luke's Unveils New Rehabilitation Facility

Saint Luke's Rehabilitation Institute, a new state-of-the-art neurorehabilitation facility in Overland Park, was unveiled to the public Thursday.