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Missouri residents may have heard ghoulish tales of “Doc Annie” Smith, a physician who looms large in the state’s mythology for performing illegal abortions in the early 1900s. Today, the truth about her work has largely disappeared.
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Army, Air Force and reserve members will be providing free medical, dental and vision care in Ava, Eminence and Houston through July 8.
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The order from County Executive Sam Page extends existing programs at the health department and expands patient counseling and anti-bias and anti-racism training, as well as clinical training around contraception.
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More than 600 local high school students have attended the Best Healthcare Institute. The program boasts a 100% college acceptance rate.
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Through a combination of quiet singing and gentle touch, music therapy can help ease stress for premature infants.
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Research has found Medicaid expansion is linked to lower rates of people reoffending, and a key aspect appears to be mental health care.
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Health insurance can present barriers to care. Some physicians are choosing to open clinics that charge membership fees instead.
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Missouri had the 4th highest rate in the country of residents taking benzodiazepines, and that was before the pandemic amped up anxiety.
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Mayor Tishaura Jones, state Rep. Kimberly-Ann Collins and Alderwoman Dwinderlin Evans say they agree with residents that naming a small hospital for Homer G. Phillips threatens his legacy.
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Some north St. Louis residents are against a plan to name a new medical building Homer G. Phillips Hospital. They say the three-bed facility built by developer Paul McKee isn’t fit to be named after the training hospital that served the Black community for decades.