heart disease

For every 100,000 births in Missouri between 2017 and 2021, more than 32 people died because of pregnancy-related complications — an average of 70 deaths annually.

During heart health awareness month, a cardiologist shares what's known about SCAD, a condition that led one woman to suffer three cardiac events in three years. It's the leading cause of heart attacks in women under 50.

Once considered predominantly a men's disease, heart disease kills more women each year than cancer. One Kansas City doctor says that men and women are mistakenly prescribe different preventative treatment regimens.

Some common heart procedures may be more common than they should be, a large-scale study led in part by a Kansas City doctor suggests.The study, which…

TOPEKA ― The “Kidney Stone Belt” is a thing, and it’s coming for Kansas.Climate change is expanding that swath of America, currently in the south and…

Segment 1: Local leader of Fight for $15 told his personal story at a U.S. House hearing to support an increase of the federal minimum wage. It's been a…

Nine Kansas medical practices and collaborative groups will participate in an experiment to find out if doctors could do a better job preventing heart…

Last month the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recognized Kansas City for its efforts to improve public health with its Culture of Health prize.Now a newly…

Dr. John A. Spertus, a renowned heart researcher at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, has received a lifetime achievement award from the American…

While doctors typically focus their time caring for living patients, one Kansas City cardiologist has spent the last few years examining the health of…

By Bryan Thompson, Kansas Public Radiohttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-937993.mp3Topkea, KS – Cancer is now the leading…