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How to make a smooth seasonal transition

There’s so much to do during the summer months — and so many opportunities for illness or injury. Typical summertime activities like swimming and biking come with unique risks, and summertime heat itself can be dangerous.

If you have a wound that’s not healing, you don’t have to simply live with it. There are treatment options that can help you.

Grilling can be one of the healthiest ways to cook, but have you tried these tips for making your food even more flavorful?

What if you could easily ensure you could prioritize your own health needs—and still address the needs of those you love?

These simple stress-busters can help quiet your mind and improve your physical wellbeing.

May is National Stroke Awareness Month Nearly 800,000 Americans suffer from stroke every year, according to the American Stroke Association, making stroke the fifth-leading cause of death in the United States.

Springtime is the perfect time to get your health needs in order, including disposing of unused or expired medications, making important decisions about your future health care, registering to give the gift of life as an organ donor, learning more about accessing your health information through MyChart, and scheduling a COVID-19 vaccine or booster shot (if you haven’t already) or COVID-19 test.

With the switch to daylight saving time March 13, we gained an hour of daylight — but lost an hour of sleep.

Feeling the pinch from high food costs at the grocery store? While the cost of food has increased 7.4% over the past year, you can still afford to eat healthful foods, says Missouri Baptist Medical Center dietitian nutritionist Sherri Hoyt, RDN, LD. She offers some wallet-wise ways to stretch your food dollar while still banking good nutrition.