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Almost everyone suffers from bouts of insomnia from time to time. In fact, nearly 60 million Americans a year experience insomnia and wake up feeling unrefreshed. The common sleep disorder can make it hard to fall asleep, hard to stay asleep, or cause someone to wake up too early and not be able to get back to sleep. “It needs to have some daytime consequence to be considered insomnia,” explained Dr. Sarah Zallek, medical director of OSF Sleep in Peoria, Illinois. “You can’t just have a little trouble sleeping and feel great in the day and we would call it insomnia; we would say that’s a little trouble falling asleep. Insomnia is really trouble sleeping that is associated with daytime dysfunction, like tiredness or inattention or mood problems and so on.”For most people, insomnia goes away after lifestyle factors like family or work stresses resolve. However, for those who suffer from ongoing untreated insomnia, the National Institutes of Health

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ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Ovarian Cancer Awareness (SLOCA) is ramping up efforts to educate the public on ovarian cancer’s impact this September, National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Now in its 20th year of service, the organization will be hosting community events throughout September and October that serve as an invitation to community members, and women, in particular, to attend and learn about the four most common symptoms (“Watch 4 the Signs”), support those battling ovarian cancer and remember loved ones, and help fund ovarian cancer research. Overall signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer may include: Abdominal bloating or swelling. Quickly feeling full when eating. Weight loss. Discomfort in the pelvic area. Fatigue. Back pain. Changes in bowel habits, such as constipation. A frequent need to urinate. SLOCA is the only nonprofit in Missouri devoted solely to ovarian cancer awareness and survivor support. The organization was founded in 2002 by

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A local advocacy group for Muslim Americans called upon the city's police department to release officer body camera footage of the fatal shooting of a man at an apartment complex Wednesday.

Let's take a look back in time as the nation remembers the tragic events of Sept. 11 and how a local St. Louis-based company chose to honor the memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. 

New York state-based artist Jean Shin, Laumeier’s 2022 Visiting Artist in Residence, describes her work as “giving new form to life’s leftovers.” Her sculptures and

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The woman was found safe Saturday night.

Showers and storms will be around Sunday morning and will exit around noon.

Folks were getting their groove on in Grand Center all weekend.

The Olive Boulevard entrance to University City is starting to get a new look thanks to a new collaborative art project.

A St. Louis native premiered his latest feature film in his hometown.

On this day, we remember all the lives lost on September 11, 21 years ago - and the Knights of Columbus are doing so by hosting their annual Patriot Day Run.

On Monday through Saturday, comics will be reduced to a half-page, with a half-page of puzzles in the Everyday section. Sundays will feature four pages of comics in print, plus columns and puzzles.

For almost two weeks, the only thing known about the ruling in the court case over child custody jurisdiction between former Gov. Eric Greitens and his ex-wife, Sheena Greitens, was that a Boone County judge agreed to move it to a Texas court. Associate Circuit Judge Leslie Schneider put her ruling under a tight seal, […]

The post Missouri judge sealed Greitens ruling. Texas court provided full details appeared first on Missouri Independent.

LGBTQIA+ communities have been contributing to St. Louis’s history for centuries. Now the Gateway to Pride virtual exhibit will begin to uncover the rarely-shared or

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Green is running for aldermanic president against Alderman Jack Coatar.