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Are you sure that your handwashing technique kills germs?? If your answer isn’t a definitive "yes," learn the eight steps of handwashing that will get your hands spotlessly clean every time.

As annoying — and agonizing — as it can be, pain is a common and important signal from your body. It’s a sign that something needs attention, and, once you’ve given it that attention and the pain lessens, its absence is an indication that you’re healing.

“It takes a village to raise old people, too,” says 81-year-old Valura Massey as she sits in her primary care physician’s office in west St. Louis County, her cane close at hand. She’s been dealing with diabetes for many years and recently switched to a new physician, Nathan Moore, MD.

If you are interested in supporting the Foundation with crucial program supplies, please consider a gift of items from our approved list below or contributing an item from one of our Wish Lists.

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Is It a Cold or Allergies? Quiz Yourself

You wake up with a sore throat or sniffles.

This time of year, it’s easy to confuse seasonal allergies and sinus infections. You’re probably staying inside—where the germs that cause sinusitis can spread easily—to avoid the cold weather.

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.