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Prisoner health costs unaccounted for
Missouri's counties are not at all pleased with the recent decision by Governor Carnahan to veto...
Holden avoids specifics in HMO debate
A challenge to Missouri's health maintenance organizations from one of the men who wants to be...
Hulshof pushes GOP pill plan
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a prescription drug bill and the Senate is expected...
Water reports in the mail
Hundreds of thousands of Missouri homes should have received reports by now on the quality of...
Minority health in KC lags
The specter of an increased health tax has reappeared in Kansas City. Kansas City ranks 11th...
Health committee gathers
A lot of money devoted to a serious problem is at stake as a special committee suggests names for...
Bond defends HMO plan
Senator Kit Bond is returning fire in the wake of President Clinton's criticism of the...
St. Louis hospital honored
A feather in the cap for St. Louis' Barnes-Jewish Hospital. U.S. News & World Reports ranks...
Troy nurse opens for Clinton
The nurse practitioner who served as President Clinton's warm up act in Columbia yesterday says...
Cities issue heat advisories
The heat turned a corner on Thursday. Kansas City's health department issued a heat advisory...
Clinton lauds Missouri HMO law
President Clinton used a visit to Columbia today to congratulate Missouri for its 1997 Patients...
Geriatric medicine matures
An aging baby boomer generation is sparking more and more advances in geriatric medicine. Dr. John...
State HMO law a national model
Missouri's Patients Bill of Rights is three years old now but it's once again the subject of...
Ilness runs through KC
You may never have heard of the illness "Shigellosis," but it's hitting Kansas City hard this...
Researcher praises DNA findings
Calling it the scientific breakthrough of the century is an understatement. That's what M.C....
Holden promotes health plan
Candidate for Governor Bob Holden has unveiled a series of initiatives to expand the healthcare...
Holden unveils health proposal
Candidate for Governor Bob Holden has unveiled a proposal to expand patients' rights in the area...
Cheaper drugs promised
A coalition of groups say they've been formed to do something Congress won't do -- get some...
Time for some tick talk
The warm weather is here and so are ticks. And that can mean trouble for anyone spending time in...
MO options against HMO’s
Missourians unhappy with their HMO now have one less avenue open to them should they with to sue...
Schnucks warns of bad ham
Schnucks Markets is recalling a batch of sandwich meat potentially infected by the Listeria...
Social Services Director Calls It Quits
Department of Social Services Director Gary Stangler has announced his resignation. Stangler has...
Medicine For A Graying America
An America growing older has many people concerned about a lack of medical professionals who are...
Missouri’s High Juvenile Smoking Rate Could Imperil Federal Funding
Missouri nearly lost millions of federal dollars, because of its high juvenile smoking rate....
Nurse Sharon Rohrbach recognized
A nurse from Affton who has spent the last eleven years working to reduce the infant mortality...
Fragile Coalition Breaks Apart, Tobacco Legislation Fails
A fragile coalition breaks apart and an attempt to move a tobacco trust fund bill without abortion...
Chripractor Loses State License for Two Years
A chiropractor who convinced one of his patients that he was cured of AIDS and could start a...
Recovering in style at Barnes
If you're sick and you want to be sick in style, you might want to check into one of the new rooms...
Internet Site Shut Down
A state judge has ordered a San Antonio internet company to stop renting space to operators of a...