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Injuries or illnesses can happen quickly, and knowing where to get medical care is important. Waking up with a sore throat, tripping when walking the dog, or having trouble breathing are different situations, and understanding the differences is essential to receiving appropriate care. It’s always stressful to figure out where to go for your care, especially if the injury is too severe for your regular primary care physician, or your illness happens during the weekend or evening.

With the switch to daylight saving time March 13, we gained an hour of daylight — but lost an hour of sleep.

Walking or running? Both have unique health benefits from boosting mood to improving endurance. Find out which is optimal for your health journey.

BJC ACO wants you to know that unwashed produce, such as spinach, lettuce or green onions, or undercooked beef, especially hamburger, can increase your risk of infection with E. coli bacteria.

If you're looking for a health care provider who can offer a wide range of primary care services, from diagnosing and treating illnesses to prescribing medications and ordering tests, you might want to consider seeing a nurse practitioner (NP).

Learn the importance of having a primary care provider — even if you are healthy — and the long-term benefits of consistent primary care.

If you’re a social media user, you may have noticed a fun new micro-trend making its way across platforms including TikTok: the art of the “hurkle-durkle.”

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

The Medicare Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) is an annual prevention-focused visit between a patient and a primary care physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant. The visit is offered at no charge to the patient. These visits allow you to discuss with your provider information about your health status, set shared goals, and identify any gaps in care.

May is National Stroke Awareness Month Nearly 800,000 Americans suffer from stroke every year, according to the American Stroke Association, making stroke the fifth-leading cause of death in the United States.