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Questions during pregnancy are common. Unfortunately, a large amount of misinformation exists. Read on to debunk some common pregnancy myths.

Watch Summer Chaudhry, MD, medical director of Missouri Baptist Medical Center’s Breast HealthCare Center, talks about breast cancer risk assessments.

When Carrie Gobble was listed for a lung transplant, she found two matches.

An all-inclusive approach across health providers and communities can help address the disparity in Black maternal mortality rates.

Black maternal morbidity and mortality rates in the United States have reached alarming levels, revealing a profound and systemic disparity in health care outcomes. Nationally, Black women are two to three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Still, there are some myths surrounding mammography. As part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, recognized each October, we reached out to Sadaf Chaudhry, MD, medical director of the Breast HealthCare Center at Missouri Baptist Medical Center, to debunk several of them.

One in every eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.

As much as the red of changing leaves and the orange of Halloween pumpkins, pink has become one of the colors of fall.

Mitch Reynolds didn’t leave Barnes-Jewish Hospital alone on Feb. 8.