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Mary Schoolman marvels at what she recognizes as the “renaissance” occurring in St. Louis: a nationally recognized medical center, Barnes-Jewish Hospital; one of the greatest green parks in the middle of the city, recently renovated and full of activity; and thriving cultural offerings.

A community Network Takes Action before Heart Disease Takes Hold

Barnes-Jewish Hospital and its physician partners at Washington University School of Medicine are one of only 14 hospitals and medical institutions in the country listed among America’s elite medical centers in U.S.News & World Report’s List of “America’s Best Hospitals.”

Stress can result in feeling tense and irritable for only a short time, or it can progress to long-lasting symptoms of anxiety and depression that significantly interfere with a person''s sense of well being.

Type 2 diabetes ran "very strongly" in Ramona Herbert''s family. But growing up in the American Virgin Islands, she didn''t give much thought to it.

Planning and meticulous attention to detail are important to Betsy Immer – in her career as a special events coordinator, as a person managing diabetes and now, as a mom.

The numbers are staggering: more than 18 million Americans with diabetes and two thirds of them with uncontrolled blood sugar, according to the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. Another 41 million Americans have prediabetes or insulin resistance. Diabetes complications - heart disease, blindness, neuropathy - are skyrocketing.

Kent Sturhahn thinks attitude is everything. He thinks people with diabetes should take an active role in their care, controlling their disease, so it doesn''t control them.

Exercise is a very important part of your diabetes treatment plan. For many people the most difficult part is simply getting started.

A controversial theory about how diabetes causes extensive tissue damage appears in the November issue of Diabetes. At stake in the heated debate over the theory are researchers'' efforts to find new ways to reduce loss of vision, kidney failure, heart damage and other side effects of diabetes.