February 2023

These local studios offer a variety of rejuvenating treatments and services.

For Rae Mohrmann, life is best lived in pursuit of a finish line.

Dr. Becky Lynn suggests first consulting a doctor who’s familiar with the drug.

Between 1830 and 1860, tens of thousands of Germans immigrated to St. Louis. They went on to build dozens of “Turner” gyms, and the group is credited with the idea of “physical education” as a part of the American school curriculum.

Today, only a few miles from the building where the “father of orthodontics” introduced the world to the power of straightened smiles, researchers are continuing St. Louis’ tradition of advancement in the field.

St. Louis doctors and scientists are helping pioneer life-changing discoveries.

Area health care providers are moving into new spaces and expanding their footprints to provide patients with care.

Based at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital, the center is built around the value of lifestyle medicine, an area of health care in which “the momentum is really mounting,” says Dr. Devyani Hunt, the center’s medical director.

These local influencers can show you how to be fitter, healthier, and happier—and how to do it in style.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine are looking at how exercise and mindfulness may build resilience in older adults—and, how in turn, resilience may boost brain health and potentially prevent depression, anxiety, and dementia.