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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...
Truman Library Expansion Beginning
The 116th birthday of Harry Truman marks the start of a 17-million-dollar makeover of the Truman...
Too many people with too little time to eat healthy
The state health departament says 36 percent of Missourians are fat. The department says lifestyle...
Tobacco Bill in Negotiations
Negotiations now get underway in earnest as members of the House and Senate sit down to hammer out...
Immunization Bill Passes House
An immunization bill passes the House and heads to the Senate, but at least one state...
Personal advice columnist "Martha Carr" dies
For many years, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch had a personal advice columnist called "Martha Carr."...
Breast cancer march
About 200 people, many wearing pink tee-shirts and carrying pink carnations, have marched into...
University sets up new research center
A new research center is being set up to determine if herbal supplements and related products...
House Loads Up Tobacco Bill with Amendments
A Tobacco Trust Fund would be created under a bill approved by the House. But it is much different...
Tension Remains as House is Poised to Pass Tobacco Trust Fund Bill
A proposal to establish the Missouri Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund is one vote away from passing...
Philosophical Debate on Philosophical Exemption
A philosophical debate on a philosophical exemption as the House discusses how far the state...
Bogged Down Tobacco Bill Moving in House
A bogged down tobacco bill is close to making its way through the House. No shutting off debate...
House Targets Juvenile Smoking
It would be much harder for teen-agers to "light up" if a bill passing the House makes it through...
Senior Citizens Could Get Break on Prescription Drugs
A bill designed to give senior citizens a break on prescription drugs now protects your local...
Another St. Louis Hospital Closes
A hospital that's almost a century old is being closed in St. Louis because of lack of business....
Missouri Nursing Homes in Financial Crisis
Twenty-two million dollars for Missouri nursing homes has been added to one of the budget...
Medicare Repayment Ordered
A judge has ordered the head of a St. Louis company to repay the Medicare program almost...
AIDS Consortium runs out of business
The Kansas City AIDS consortium is closing after eleven years of providing experimental drug...
No negligence by doctors or hospital, says jury
A St. Louis County jury clears a hospital and its doctors of negligence in the way they treated a...