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She dreaded the thought of spending her entire career at one hospital. So after 10 months of working as a nurse in Kearney, Nebraska, Pennie Pavlisin, MS, RN-BC, joined the Air Force.

With the ups and downs and ongoing uncertainties of COVID-19, many of us are feeling stressed and overwhelmed.

Much of the research focuses on mindfulness as a meditative practice. Evidence supports the claims that mindfulness meditation improves emotional regulation, decreases anxiety, enables people to become less reactive and offers greater cognitive flexibility within stressful situations.

Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital offers a minimally invasive lumbar decompression procedure that can help patients stand longer and walk farther with less pain.

Matt Neil, radiotherapy service engineer on the BJC clinical asset management team.

Now that three COVID-19 vaccines have been authorized for use, questions are circulating about the vaccines’ safety and effectiveness, and if and when those with certain health conditions, such as diabetes, should get vaccinated.

You wake up with a sore throat or sniffles.

If you are pregnant, you likely have questions about COVID-19 and how the virus can affect you, your baby and your childbirth experience.

The COVID-19 pandemic has paused our lives in many ways. But with stroke, every moment counts in the road to recovery. If you suspect you or a loved one is having a stroke, call 911. Learn more about the extra precautions we are taking at our hospitals because your health and safety are our top priorities.

Some sisters imagine what it might be like to have and raise their kids close together. Few, however, get to experience giving birth to their babies on the exact same day, at the same hospital, delivered by the same doctor. It sounds like a fictionalized movie storyline. But for two St. Louis sisters, this was their reality.