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At 82 years old, Lois Miles was one of the first patients at Barnes-Jewish Hospital to receive a transcatheter tricuspid valve implant, a groundbreaking procedure performed in 2024.

Robert Furlow, from Godfrey, Illinois, had been struggling with hip and lower back pain for years. “The pain was constant,” Robert says. “I couldn’t walk, bend down to tie my shoes, or even sit comfortably in a chair.”

WashU Medicine maternal-fetal medicine specialists at Missouri Baptist Medical Center guided a first-time mom through a high-risk pregnancy and toward a healthy delivery of triplets.

A year after her surgery, Debbi is pain-free and back to doing the things she loves.

Anterior cervical fusion at Christian Hospital gave young mother her life back.

After months of unanswered questions, Karen found the care and expertise at Missouri Baptist Medical Center that uncovered her heart disease and saved her life.

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.

When Pastor Vic Comstock, 63, arrived at a hospital near his home in Moberly, Missouri, he thought he was battling pneumonia. Vic faced a series of life-threatening complications, including sepsis, respiratory failure, and dehydration.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (December 9, 2025) – U.S. News & World Report has named eight BJC Health hospitals as 2026 High Performing hospitals for Maternity Care—the highest award a hospital can earn as part of its Best Hospitals for Maternity Care annual study.

If you or someone in your family has been sick recently with a cold or the flu, it’s important to know if they’re still contagious before you head to dinner with family and friends. Here, we break down seven wintertime illnesses, including how they spread and how long you should consider yourself contagious should you catch one.