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You wake up with a sore throat or sniffles.

BJC ACO wants you to know that if you are taking antacids regularly, you could be suffering from more than just heartburn.

If your child plays school sports, it’s more than likely he or she will need to have a sports physical.

Irritable bowel syndrome isn’t something people talk about a lot.

St. Louis CITY SC is continuing to add to its impressive list of STLMade Founding Partners by unveiling BJC HealthCare and Washington University Orthopedics (WashU Orthopedics) as the club’s official medical services provider and team physicians, respectively.

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

Two wheels sped down a rural Missouri highway, and a 14-year-old fell in love. “It was a freedom feeling,” Tom Waller says, more than six decades after his first motorcycle ride. “And I’ve never lost it.

For all we know about multiple sclerosis (MS) – a chronic disease where a person’s immune system attacks their central nervous system and causes fatigue, bladder issues and pain, among other symptoms – there are still a lot of misconceptions around the condition.

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.

Healthy bones are a critical component of the human body. Proper nutrition, calcium and vitamin D supplements are all excellent ways to improve bone health. Charles Grimshaw, MD, a BJC Medical Group orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine physician at Christian Hospital, says that monitoring for osteoporosis, osteopenia (a condition that occurs when there’s a decrease in bone mineral density) and metabolic deficiencies, like deficiencies in calcium and vitamin D, are proactive approaches for supporting bone health.