Southern Ill. VA to Resume Some Operations
MARION, Ill. (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs says it is resuming surgeries it considers minimally invasive at a southern Illinois medical center where such procedures were halted since 2007...
View ArticleWarning to Parents About “Lazy Cakes”
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – The eye-catching package has a cartoon brownie in a relaxed pose. But despite the kid-friendly mascot, the wrapper says “For adults only, not suitable for children” right across the...
View ArticleJumping For Joy…And For Health
ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KMOX) – It wasn’t your typical lunch hour Wednesday at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis County. At the stroke of noon nurses, interns and other hospital employees...
View ArticleCarthage Hospital Expands after Joplin Tornado
CARTHAGE, Mo. (AP) — A Carthage hospital is doubling its capacity and hiring more help to handle demand created when a Joplin hospital was destroyed by the May 22 tornado. McCune-Brooks Regional...
View ArticleBarnes Jewish Ranked 11th Best In Nation
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) – Barnes Jewish Hospital lands on U.S. News and World Reports annual honor roll again this year, coming in 11th out of five thousand hospitals nation wide. Hospital President Rich...
View ArticleHeat Related Illnesses Minimal on So Far
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) – Day one of the week long heat wave has sicken six people in St. Louis County. Five were treated and release one was admitted according to St. Louis County Health Department. The...
View ArticleArea Hospital Makes Name Change
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) - St. John’s Mercy is a household name among area hospitals, but that name is about to change. St. John’s Mercy Medical Center is about to become Mercy Hospital St. Louis, and St....
View ArticlePolice Investigate Death of 6-Month-Old Girl
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Members of the St. Louis police department’s child abuse unit are investigating the death of a 6-month-old girl. Frankii Gilmore was found “unconscious and not breathing” at a home...
View ArticleNew Mexico Woman Killed in St. Charles County Crash
ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. (KMOX) – A one-vehicle crash Sunday in St. Charles County left one person dead, another seriously injured. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, an SUV going east on...
View ArticleHospital System Buys Land in O’Fallon for $18M
O’FALLON, Ill. (AP) – A Springfield-based health care organization has bought land in O’Fallon for development of a new medical center. The Belleville News Democrat reports that Hospital Sisters Health...
View ArticleHealth System Adds Carthage Hospital to its Fold
CARTHAGE, Mo. (AP) - The Sisters of Mercy Health System is taking over a hospital about 15 miles northeast of Joplin that it paid to expand after its own hospital was destroyed in this spring’s deadly...
View ArticleCeremony Marks Start of Joplin Hospital’s Demo
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) – Demolition has begun on a Joplin hospital that took a direct hit from a deadly May 22 tornado. The Joplin Globe reported that about 1,000 people turned out Sunday for a ceremony at...
View ArticleCops: ‘Possessed’ Mother Slits 9-Month-Old Daughter’s Throat
CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMOX) — A “possessed” Camdenton mother is accused of slitting her 9-month-old daughter’s throat after telling a pastor months ago she was afraid she would kill her baby. Bradie Simpson,...
View ArticleNot Too Late To Get Your Flu Shot
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – A local infectious diseases specialist says there’s still time to get that flu shot. Dr. Steve Lawrence with Barnes Jewish Hospital tells KMOX News Health Editor Fred Bodimer that...
View ArticleCharges Filed Against Man Who Snuck His Daughter Out of Cardinal Glennon
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – The man accused of sneaking his sick daughter out of Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital Sunday now faces criminal charges. The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s office Tuesday issued...
View ArticleNew Mother Found Dead in Hospital Waiting Room
ROLLA, MO.(AP)-Investigators in south-central Missouri are looking into the death of a new mother in a hospital waiting room. An autopsy on 25-year-old Stephanie Maylee was scheduled Tuesday, one day...
View ArticleSt. Louis Zoo In Talks To Buy Forest Park Hospital Land
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – It’s not a done deal yet, but officials with the St. Louis Zoo announced Monday that the Zoo Association has signed a conditional contract with Medline Industries, Inc. to purchase...
View Article“Cinnamon Challenge” Can Leave You Choking For Air
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Surely by now you’ve seen them online or on “funny video” shows — people swallowing spoonfuls of cinnamon and struggling to keep it down, usually with their friends laughing at...
View ArticleNew Hospital To Open in Joplin
JOPLIN, MO (KMOX)-Another step in Joplin’s recovery from last May’s tornado will take place Sunday when the new “Mercy Hospital Joplin” will welcome its first patients. This isn’t the permanent...
View ArticleHomers For Health Benefits Cardinal Glennon Hospital
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - Every time a St. Louis Cardinals player hits a home run this season, more than $1,700 will be donated to a fund supporting health care for children at SSM Cardinal Glennon...
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