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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.

St. Louis Children’s Hospital and KVC Health Systems held a topping out ceremony on Tuesday at the site of a new 77-bed children's mental wellness center set to open in Webster Groves. Dr. Cynthia Rogers, division director and vice chair of child psychiatry at WashU Medicine, spoke with NPR about how the project is helping address a need in and around the St. Louis area. Read the entire article here: STL NPR: Construction Underway for 77-Bed Webster Groves Pediatric Mental Health Hospital.

Are your muscles tight or are they weak? We're breaking down the ongoing stretching-versus-strengthening debate (and explaining why the answer is often both). Learn how each approach supports mobility, posture, pain relief, and injury prevention—and how to recognize what your body might be asking for. 

A stroke is a medical emergency that happens when blood flow to the brain is blocked or when a blood vessel in the brain ruptures, preventing brain tissue from getting oxygen. The brain needs a constant supply of blood because it carries oxygen and nutrients, and when that supply is impacted, brain cells begin to die within minutes.

Last year, Michelle Mick was driving, minutes away from Missouri Baptist Medical Center, when she encountered an odd and uncomfortable sensation.

According to the Bone Health & Osteoporosis Foundation, one of every two women in the United States over age 50 will experience a bone fracture caused by osteoporosis. This condition, affecting roughly 54 million Americans, occurs when bones lose density and strength, becoming thinner, weaker, and more fragile.

When you give to the Barnes-Jewish St. Peters & Progress West Foundation, you help us hold community health events to support preventive care and wellness.

When Paige’s water broke at 37 weeks pregnant, she was ready to meet her baby. It was a markedly different feeling from earlier in her pregnancy, when, at 25 weeks gestation, Paige underwent a surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital to repair a defect in her baby’s spine.