This may sound hyperbolic and surprising, but about 25 percent of today's 20-year-olds will suffer some sort of disability before they reach retirement age. As a result, they may be forced to take fewer shifts at work or to leave the workforce completely. That puts an...

Serious workplace accidents happen all the time. It's an unfortunate reality, but it is our reality nonetheless. When these workplace accidents occur, there are a lot of questions that need to be asked by investigators. Did the workplace have previous violations for...

Commentators say that there seems to be a stigma attaching to post-traumatic stress disorder. Advocates believe that public perception, possibly based upon media coverage of recent events, has begun to lean toward the misconception that PTSD is associated with...

Many St. Louis residents have probably heard of the medical condition fibromyalgia before, but they may not know what it is. In many respects, it is quite apt that people are confused by what the condition is because fibromyalgia is mysterious by nature. For a long...

Many readers probably know someone who has been affected by breast cancer -- or have personally been impacted by the disease. Receiving a cancer diagnosis is never welcome news, but many breast cancer patients gain strength from the support of loved ones to bravely...