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OSF Healthcare And SLUcare Physician Group Affiliation Delivers Enhanced Cardiology Services To Alton

3 years 11 months ago
ALTON – Patients in Alton and surrounding areas needing cardiovascular care can now benefit from a new strategic affiliation of OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony’s Health Center and SLUCare Physician Group, in partnership with SSM Health. The affiliation better serves patients in the greater Riverbend area by bringing exceptional medical and surgical specialties closer to home with the addition of Sridhar Kumar, MD , a SLUCare cardiologist at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, who is now chief of Cardiology Services at OSF Saint Anthony’s. Under Dr. Kumar’s leadership, patients receive the highest quality of innovative care and expertise needed to treat heart diseases and cardiovascular conditions. This collaboration provides patients of OSF Saint Anthony’s who require a higher level of care access to SLUCare and SSM Health experts and state-of-the-art facilities with the latest technologies and procedures offered in the St. Louis region. “

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Partners Kick-Off "Don't Pollute. Switch Up Your Commute." Campaign as Daily Air Quality Forecasting Season Gets Underway

3 years 11 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Transportation is one of the biggest contributors to air pollution. In conjunction with the start of the St. Louis Regional Clean Air Partnership’s daily air quality forecasting season, more than half a dozen partners, who collectively provide an array of transportation options that extend beyond driving in single-occupancy vehicles along with resources and incentives for doing so, are joining forces to kick-off a “Don’t Pollute. Switch Up Your Commute.” campaign. With increasing numbers of people heading back to their offices as we move beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, this summerlong effort will work to inform people the way they choose to travel impacts the quality of air St. Louis area residents breathe, while motivating them to modify commuting behaviors as often as they are able. “The St. Louis region is no stranger to poor air quality conditions,” said Susannah Fuchs, Director of Clean Air for the American Lung Association in Missouri.

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The End of the Right to Privacy

3 years 11 months ago
Samuel Alito’s draft opinion overruling Roe v. Wade also threatens gay rights, contraception, and even interracial marriages.
Miles Mogulescu

Data Brokers Selling Location Data Of Americans Who Visit Abortion Clinics

3 years 11 months ago
With the leaked Supreme Court ruling indicating the court is poised to effectively overturn Roe V. Wade, you can expect a new wave of worry about the weaponization and abuse of consumer location data, as states increasingly seek to criminalize abortion — and those aiding others seeking such services. As if on cue: Motherboard’s latest […]
Karl Bode