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Breathe Easier: Tips for Improving Your Lung Health
Healthy lungs are key to your overall health. They help you think clearly, allow your organs and tissues to function smoothly, and help your immune system protect your body.
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Giving While Living: Fast Facts About Living Organ Donors
By renewing our driver’s license at the DMV, most of us are aware of the process of registering to become an organ donor should the worst come to pass. But there is another group of organ donors — living donors.
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Pregnancy Myths, Busted
Questions during pregnancy are common. Unfortunately, a large amount of misinformation exists. Read on to debunk some common pregnancy myths.
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More than a match: How two transplant patients found each other through Barnes-Jewish Hospital’s Transplant Mentor Program
When Carrie Gobble was listed for a lung transplant, she found two matches.
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Closing the Gap: Addressing Black Maternal Mortality
An all-inclusive approach across health providers and communities can help address the disparity in Black maternal mortality rates.
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7 Surprising Symptoms of Asthma
Asthma, a chronic condition that affects the airways in the lungs, can lead to a range of symptoms that interfere with daily life. While most people are familiar with the most common symptoms of asthma such as wheezing or whistling sounds, shortness of breath, chest tightness and frequent coughing, several others are not as widely recognized.
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What is Secondary Infertility?
Think of the word “infertility,” and you might picture a couple without children struggling to get pregnant or stay pregnant. But there is another set of people — those who have successfully conceived and given birth to one or more children — who struggle with infertility, too.
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Snot 101: Why Does Your Snot Change Colors — and How You Can Get Rid of It
Like clockwork, two times a year — cold and flu season and allergy season — we get a tingle in our sinuses that can only mean one thing: The snot floodgates are about to open.
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How to Stay Active, Safe, and Motivated to Exercise This Winter
We answer your questions about working out in cold weather.
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Parkland Health Center Recognized by U.S. News Among Best Hospitals for Maternity Care
U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in hospital rankings and consumer advice, has named BJC HealthCare’s Parkland Health Center a 2024 High Performing hospital for Maternity Care with uncomplicated pregnancies.