The people we serve are at the heart of everything we do. By making an impact in a person's life, we're living out our mission of creating healthier communities. Each person we heal has their own story of what the care of St. Luke's Health provided meant to them. Lean more behind the medicine from the patient stories.
At 330 pounds, Deborah Lochabay knew she had to lose weight. She suffered from out-of-control diabetes, debilitating arthritis, and neuropathy that made it almost impossible for her to walk.
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Read about former Super Bowl champion Gaylon Hyder and his journey to reclaim his health.
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Learn about this story of humankindness and bringing light into the darkness with a “Blessing Basket” at St. Luke’s Health–Sugar Land Hospital.
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Michael Francis, a law enforcement agent in Houston, Texas, has dealt with seizures all his life. As the first step in treating almost any chronic condition, Michael’s doctor prescribed medication to reduce his seizure activity and keep his epilepsy
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Baylor St. Luke’s Physicians Save Patient’s Limb from Amputation Like most diabetics, losing a lower leg due to poor circulation to the toes was a scary thought for Roy Puckett, Jr. After he noticed some cracking in the toes in his right foot, Roy visited a hospital near his hometown of Alexandria, Louisiana. He thought that maybe he had gotten athlete’s foot from going to the
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Dessie Bice, a woman always on the go, made sure to practice healthy habits, including eating a balanced diet and exercising every day. She never thought that her family’s history of heart disease could impact her. During her annual cardiovascular checkup at The Heart & Vascular Institute at The Woodlands Hospital, she told her cardiologist, Dr. Vincent Aquino, about a
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