As hospitals look for ways to better manage pain and reduce reliance on opioids, some emergency departments are placing physical therapists directly inside ERs. At the University of Missouri Hospital, that approach is showing promising results.

Earlier this month, the newest version of Dietary Guidelines for Americans was released by the federal government — with a new inverted pyramid graphic that looks very different from the My Plate and Food Pyramid guides that have been used during the last few decades.

Although winters are becoming less severe as the climate changes, experts say extreme weather events like major snowstorms are an important reminder that snow shoveling can increase the risk of heart attacks.

State officials have set five-year benchmarks for the program, including a 10% reduction in emergency room visits, a 10% reduction in uncontrolled hypertension, a 5% reduction in low birth weight and a 5-10% increase in the use of pharmacotherapy to treat opioid use disorder.

Gina Plata-Nino is the SNAP director for the Food Research and Action Center, a national nonprofit group focused on eliminating hunger in the US, and spoke about some of the impacts changes to SNAP could have on Missourians.

Dozens of people impacted by alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne allergy to mammalian products, such as red meat and dairy, rallied at the Missouri capital Tuesday.

KBIA’s Rebecca Smith recently sat down with Dr. Mohammad Badran at the University of Missouri who studies sleep apnea to learn more about the disorder and how leaving it undiagnosed could be impacting other parts of people’s health.

The Missouri Immunization Coalition was a non-profit that focused on advocacy, education and training around vaccines. Funding cuts to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention in April led to a loss of funding for the group and they were forced to shutter in summer 2025.

1 in 8 American women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime — often leading to long and arduous treatments that change the way a woman's body looks. But there's an option for women after treatment that’s helping them regain confidence in their bodies and themselves.

Caregivers now spend an average of nearly four hours a day providing eldercare, up from less than three hours a decade ago, reflecting rising demand as the population ages