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Dr. Roach: Man with very low kidney function chooses to avoid dialysis
3+ hour, 11+ min ago (129+ words) Dr. Roach:I'm 79, and for several years, I have been taking finasteride and tamsulosin for benign prostatic hyperplasia. (In the past, I unde" Dr. Roach:About one year ago, I had Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) that was treated with 125 mg of…...
The Care Gap No One Sees: What Caregiving Looks Like When the Basics Are Missing
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (691+ words) Caregiving rarely begins with a plan. It often starts after surgery, a sudden diagnosis, or a short-term illness that quietly stretches on. In those moments, care moves out of hospitals and into kitchens, bedrooms, and living rooms, spaces never designed…...
From Tina Turner to Nelly: 7 influential Black artists from St. Louis
1+ week, 3+ day ago (295+ words) Black music has served as the soundtrack to Black History Month since before the holiday's inception. In St. Louis, several Black artists emerged over the decades that changed the blueprint of global music and left a lasting impact on local…...
Fogarty, Reatha M. (Colyer)
2+ week, 1+ day ago (299+ words) Age 95, of Kirkwood passed away Feb. 13, 2026. Dear mother of Robert (Gayle) Fogarty. Visitation on Tuesday 4-8 p.m. and Funeral Service on Wednesday 9:30 a.m. at Bopp Chapel, 10610 Manchester Rd., Kirkwood. Interment at Lindsey Cemetery, McClure, IL. www.boppchapel.com Javascript is required to use this…...
Letter: The often-overlooked link between oral health and heart disease
2+ week, 3+ day ago (141+ words) Heart disease remains the leading cause of death among women. The majority of heart attacks and strokes are preventable. One important but often overlooked factor is the link between oral health and heart health. The pro-life party is so often…...
Dr. Roach: An issue with billing forces a patient to pay out of pocket
3+ week, 4+ day ago (137+ words) Dr. Roach:My 28-year-old son is in the hospital. He hasn't been acting like himself for a few weeks (not sleeping nor eating well), and he su" Dr. Roach:I'm a 70-year-old woman who has suffered with vaginal dryness ever…...
A safe space: How figure skating became a comfort zone for the LGBTQ+ community
1+ mon, 17+ hour ago (157+ words) The moment Amber Glenn stepped onto the ice at figure skating's world championships, fans began to wave American flags, from the lowest rows inside TD Garden to the highest rafters, where the jerseys of Boston's sporting greats hang in honor....
Ice dancer Allison Reed returns to Olympics after 16 years, skating for Lithuania
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (205+ words) Americans Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik scored 79.97 points, to win the rhythm dance event, at the ISU Figure Skating Four Continents Championships in Beijing. Javascript is required to use this website. Americans Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik scored 79.97 points, to…...
SSM Health, UnitedHealthcare reach new agreement
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (135+ words) SSM Health and UnitedHealthcare have reached a new multiyear agreement, preventing thousands of people from losing their in-network medical coverage." Local investor Rod Thomas is partnering with Las Vegas-based real estate firm Contour on a $3.1 billion, 487,000-square-foot"facility at the…...
Has figure skating reached the limits of human performance?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (156+ words) It was at a relatively minor event in upstate New York in September 2022 that Ilia Malinin, the self-anointed "Quad God" who was fast becoming the biggest name in figure skating, finally landed the jump that so many people had thought…...