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Staying active helps maintain joint flexibility and balance, promotes better posture and strengthens bones.

If you can make one change to mitigate your chances of getting colorectal cancer, it should be this one.

Whether you’re 45 and going for your first screening colonoscopy or having symptoms you’d like to get checked out, you might have questions about what happens during the procedure and how you can prepare.

Healthy bones are a critical component of the human body. Proper nutrition, calcium and vitamin D supplements are all excellent ways to improve bone health. Charles Grimshaw, MD, a BJC Medical Group orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine physician at Christian Hospital, says that monitoring for osteoporosis, osteopenia (a condition that occurs when there’s a decrease in bone mineral density) and metabolic deficiencies, like deficiencies in calcium and vitamin D, are proactive approaches for supporting bone health.

We answer your questions about working out in cold weather.

Is It a Cold or Allergies? Quiz Yourself

Too young for colorectal cancer? Think again.

Many people call fall their favorite season.

You wake up with a sore throat or sniffles.