About 60 percent of Americans - 175 million people - now live in communities that restrict smoking in public places.
On Nov. 3, voters in St. Louis County can add the county’s nearly 1 million residents to the list by voting…
Doctor and patient discuss the results of a heart scan.
Americans who have such chronic illnesses as heart disease, diabetes and depression are less likely to get the care and treatment they need than people in seven other advanced countries. And…
The older you get, the more likely you are to develop a chronic illness such as heart disease, high blood pressure or cancer. The more chronic illnesses you have, the more health care you need.
The inevitability of illness is why…
The numbers are chilling:
•Women in Jefferson County are 17 percent more likely to be hospitalized for heart and circulation problems than those elsewhere in Missouri.
• Women in St. Francois County are 38 percent more likely to die from heart disease.
• Women…
