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A study published in the peer-reviewed medical journal Clinical Infectious Diseases finds that in addition to up to half of adults being wrongfully prescribed antibiotics in hospital settings, one in four children given antibiotics in children’s hospitals are prescribed the drugs inappropriately.
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Gun-related suicides among young adults in Missouri had been declining since at least 1999, according to a new analysis from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. But after the state eliminated its permit-to-purchase requirement in 2007, firearm suicide rates among adults ages 19 to 24 jumped by nearly 22%.
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St. Louis Children’s Hospital is treating adult patients with the coronavirus. The hospital began admitting adult patients with COVID-19 to relieve doctors at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, which is nearing its capacity.
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The St. Louis region has avoided a spike in coronavirus hospitalizations after officials lifted stay-at-home orders. But doctors say people need to…
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Doctors in the St. Louis area are monitoring at least four cases of a rare childhood illness linked to COVID-19.The emergence of the sickness known as…
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There is a lot of anxiety swirling right now over the new coronavirus. There’s also a lot of misinformation. On Monday’s St. Louis on the Air, Dr. Alexis…
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People treated for drug-resistant MRSA often develop infections again and again — even multiple times in a single year.Part of the problem is the…
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Being born intersex isn’t limited to ambiguous genitalia. There’s a plethora of intersex conditions, about 150. Some of them require surgical…
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In the neonatal intensive care unit, keeping fragile infants alive is the number one priority.But new research from Washington University suggests doctors…
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Earlier this month, four St. Louis-area children died as a result of guns over the course of just five days.On Tuesday’s St. Louis on the Air, St. Louis…