If there is one word that encapsulates my profession as a board-certified OB-GYN physician, it’s joy.
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If I were running for office and my campaign manager told me swearing on television and posting angry rants about my opponent on Facebook should be my core messaging strategy, I would fire them.
Mercy Health is on a buying spree. Mercy completed its acquisition of SoutheastHealth in Cape Girardeau, Mo in January, and a month later it announced a plan to acquire Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kansas.
The ban on flavored nicotine and tobacco products under consideration by the city council in Kansas City (MO) will lead to a laundry list of unintended consequences
The city council in Kansas City (MO) took the first step this month towards banning flavored smoke-free products, including nicotine pouches and e-cigarettes, that millions of Americans have turned to as a better option than continuing to smoke cigarettes.
Poplar Bluff, a city in the Missouri Bootheel, has just over 15,000 residents.
When the opioid crisis was first designated a public health emergency back in 2017, it marked the beginning of a concentrated effort to reduce the number of opioid overdose fatalities and the overall rate of usage for opioids in general.
History shows that banning flavored tobacco and nicotine products has little positive impact and instead results in a long list of negative consequences.
As a local Jewish woman of St. Louis County, I am disgusted; I am afraid. There is no simpler way I can say it.
A few weeks ago, a Federal Judge in Missouri ruled in favor of the Security Industries and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and struck down two regulations imposed by the Missouri Securities Division.