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Feb. 4, 2016

MEDIA COVERAGE: Parent Organizes Heart Screening Clinic After Losing Their Child to an Undiagnosed Heart Condition

Sudden cardiac arrest strikes about 100 male and female athletes each year. Most are between the ages of 13 and 25 years old and seven out of 10 will not have warning signs. A simple heart screening could prevent most of those deaths.
Feb. 2, 2016

Barry Wood, M.D., and Ryan Lustig, M.D., join Anderson County Hospital Specialty Clinic

Anderson County Hospital Specialty Clinic Services is pleased to announce Barry Wood, M.D., and Ryan Lustig, M.D., both board certified nephrologists, have joined the clinic staff.
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Jan. 28, 2016

KMBC: New app gains ground with cardiologists

The new AliveCor smartphone app is gaining ground with cardiologists who praise it for its potentially life-saving heart health features.
Jan. 27, 2016

Model Medicine at Saint Luke’s

Printed Brain

The human brain is only about 2 percent of the total body weight in humans, however it receives 15-20% of the body's blood

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Jan. 25, 2016

FOX4: Heart failure patient takes part in gene therapy clinical trial

Nine years ago, Melinda's heart was weakened by a heart attack. Melinda could barely get the strength to walk up stairs. She was in heart failure.
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Jan. 21, 2016

Saint Luke’s South Hospital Awarded Orthopedic Joint Replacement for Hip and Knee Certification from The Joint Commission

Saint Luke’s South Hospital announced today that it has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Orthopedic Joint Replacement for Hip and Knee Certification.
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Jan. 21, 2016

RESOLVE: Revolutionary Tool that Individualizes Stroke Treatment Developed at Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City

Every second equals brain cells lost when you're having a stroke. Given to the right patient, tPA will break up a clot and stop a stroke.
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Jan. 18, 2016

Saint Luke's Convenient Care Clinic to open in Mission at Martway and Lamar inside Hy-Vee grocery store

Mission residents soon will have a convenient new option for treatment when they are feeling under the weather and don’t have access to a primary care physician.
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Jan. 18, 2016

Saint Luke's Convenient Care Clinic to open in Raytown at 350 Highway and Gregory inside Hy-Vee Grocery Store

Raytown residents have a convenient new option for treatment when they are feeling under the weather and don’t have access to a primary care physician.