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Making It Through the Diagnosis Waiting Game

On the morning of Aug. 4, 2021, my 11-month-old son had his first seizure. None of us knew it was a seizure, but as the next 24 hours unfolded and brought on three more, we'd come to figure it out....

5 Lifesaving First Aid Skills You Need to Learn Right Now

Knowing these five first aid skills will help you stay calm and save lives in an emergency....

Behind the Scenes: Building a Brand-New Children’s Hospital

It's an exciting time for pediatric care in mid-Missouri! Set to open in 2024, MU Health Care's brand-new Children's Hospital is currently being built from the ground up with kids in mind....

Over the Age of 20? Time to Talk Cholesterol Levels — Here’s Why

Knowing whether you have healthy cholesterol levels is an important step in lowering your risk of heart disease....

Back-to-School Anxiety in Children: What to Watch Out For

Getting children out of their summer routine and back into a school schedule is already a daunting task. Add in another year of a pandemic, and children (and parents) are bound to be nervous about what the upcoming school year will bring....

Missourians are Dying from COVID-19 Misinformation

I run into too many people who are making the potentially deadly mistake of underestimating both the risk of COVID-19 infection and the benefit of the vaccine. Many people believe vaccine myths or fixate on the exceptions to the rule, essentially choosing to swim with the sharks rather than get in the lifeboat....

Does the COVID-19 Vaccine Affect Fertility? Here’s What the Experts Say

When the first COVID-19 vaccine crossed the finish line and was approved for use in the U.S., the first piece of misinformation about the vaccine wasn’t far behind. A social media myth claimed the vaccine could cause infertility in women. MU Health Care family medicine doctor Laura Morris, MD, has heard it so many times, she doesn’t even wait for her patients to bring it up....

COVID-19: Baby Bust or Baby Boom?

Global birth rates have been declining for decades. But when the world shut down in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us wondered whether we'd be facing a baby boom from being on lockdown. Instead, the opposite happened....

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Egg-Freezing Technology

If you're in your peak reproductive years, but not in the headspace (or literal space) to start a family, you're in good company: Many women in their 20s and early 30s are putting off pregnancy to focus on work, play or just surviving the uncertainty that has accompanied COVID-19....

The Science Behind the “Mom Bod”: Permanent and Temporary Changes Caused by Pregnancy

It’s safe to say growing and birthing a baby does “some things” to the body. And while many of those changes are temporary, like strange skin conditions experienced during pregnancy, some may be more permanent, like altered DNA....