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Local Cancer Research Helping to "Stand Up To Cancer"

In what is being billed as an unprecedented television event, all three broadcast networks, including NBC, will simulcast a telethon Friday night called "Stand Up to Cancer."

Provocative Billboards Line Missouri Highways

Provocative Billboards Line Missouri Highways

Some art enthusiasts say it's one of the most unique
"get out the vote" campaigns in the nation. Starting Friday, you'll see provocative billboards lining major highways and interstates throughout Missouri.

I-Team: Monsanto Hires

I-Team: Monsanto Hires "Police" To Investigate Farmers

Derry Brownfield spends a lot of time on the phone, getting ready for his daily radio show, "The Common Sense Coalition."

Field of Dreams for Deaf Children

Field of Dreams for Deaf Children

Few things are more familiar than the sounds of baseball. 

St. Louis Children's Hospital To Offer HIV Screeening As Routine Care in E.R.

St. Louis Children's Hospital To Offer HIV Screeening As Routine Care in E.R.

By the end of the month, any patient 15 and older seen in the Children's Hospital emergency room will be offered a free, confidential screening for HIV.

Building of New Bridge from St. Louis to Illinois Could Endanger Vanishing Flower

Building of New Bridge from St. Louis to Illinois Could Endanger Vanishing Flower

Plans to build a bridge linking north St. Louis to Illinois, to carry Interstate 70 across the Mississippi River, may further degrade the habitat of a flower that only grows in the Illinois wetlands.

MDA:  ALS Patient Still Loving Liife

MDA: ALS Patient Still Loving Liife

A 53-year-old man feels like he's the luckiest man on the face of the earth even though he has Lou Gehrig's Disease.

MDA: Six-Year-Old Lives Amazing Life with Disease

MDA: Six-Year-Old Lives Amazing Life with Disease

He's just 6 years old but he's already been to several European countries and can name almost every state in the U.S.
He's also on a special journey that will hopefully lead to a cure for Muscular Dystrophy.

MDA: A Picture Perfect Place

MDA: A Picture Perfect Place

You don't need an x-ray to photograph the heart. It's in every picture at MDA Camp.

Fresh vs. Frozen Food For Vets?

Fresh vs. Frozen Food For Vets?

In the last few months, fresh food at the Veterans Administration Hospitals in St. Louis has been changed to frozen. The switch comes as an effort to improve quality and save money.

MDA: Love and hope for Baby Lilie

MDA: Love and hope for Baby Lilie

It's hard to imagine having a terrible disease without even knowing it.  And then passing it on to your baby girl.
Baby Lilie is back home after spending the first two weeks of her life at St. Louis Children's Hospital.

 

MDA: Eight-Year-Old Finds Strength in Family

MDA: Eight-Year-Old Finds Strength in Family

This is the first in a a series of reports on neuromuscular diseases. We explore how they affect patients and families and the hope on the horizon.

Some Businesses Seem Unaffected By Recession

Some Businesses Seem Unaffected By Recession

The signs of a poor economy are seemingly everywhere. Single family building permits are down 90 percent for the first half of 2008, compared to the same period in 2007.

I-Team: Adopted Children Denied Insurance

I-Team: Adopted Children Denied Insurance

Adopted children are supposed to be given the same medical coverage as biological children, meaning no exclusions or denials for any reason, so long as the parents apply within a certain time frame.

New Diet Allows You to Eat Every Other Day

New Diet Allows You to Eat Every Other Day

While it may sound unhealthy or at the very least unusual, doctors say it's not harmful. In fact, science supports this new way of eating.

Making a Difference: 100 Triathlons in 100 days!

Making a Difference: 100 Triathlons in 100 days!

Everybody sets goals in life. And just about everybody sets goals in life. And just about everybody thought Dr. John Curtin's goal was a little bit insane.

Bold Thieves Target Malls

Bold Thieves Target Malls

An I-Team analysis of crime at local malls shows improvement in some areas since the last time we looked at these figures.

Dream Comes True for Local Musician

Dream Comes True for Local Musician

Jack Moelmann, a retired Air Force colonel spent $120,000 of his own money to make his dream come true. He played the famous Wurlitzer Organ at Radio City Music Hall.
 

I-Team: When Airbags Fail

I-Team: When Airbags Fail

Airbags are often viewed as the last line of defense when it comes to surviving a serious crash.

Remembering When Musial Wore A Different Uniform

Remembering When Musial Wore A Different Uniform

After September 11, only one professional athlete of note quit his team to serve in our nation's military. That was Pat Tillman. But 60 years ago, it was a different story.

Making a Difference: League of Miracles

Making a Difference: League of Miracles

On every baseball field, you can find an infield, an outfield and a pitcher's mound. But in the Hill neighborhood in St. Louis, there's a field where you can also find compassion, hope and joy.

Local Woman Becomes First Person In Country To Have Incision-Free Weight Loss Surgery

Local Woman Becomes First Person In Country To Have Incision-Free Weight Loss Surgery

You've heard of less-invasive, or even minimally- invasive surgery. Now, for the first time ever in this country, a weight loss operation has been performed without an incision.

Inside the Missouri History Museum's Lindbergh Collection

Inside the Missouri History Museum's Lindbergh Collection

Did you know St. Louis is home to a treasure of personal property belonging to one of America's greatest aviators? 

President of Missouri Botanical Garden One of the Most Recognized St. Louisans Around the World

President of Missouri Botanical Garden One of the Most Recognized St. Louisans Around the World


He may be more recognized and highly regarded around the world than any other St. Louisan, but he's not a sports player, singer or actor.

I-Team: Drug Testing Kit Offered Online for Parents

I-Team: Drug Testing Kit Offered Online for Parents

How home drug testing kits give teens new excuse to fend off pushy peers.

Program Helps Inmates Connect With Their Children

Program Helps Inmates Connect With Their Children

For the last 10 years a not for profit group called 'Story Link' has helped keep incarcerated women connected with their children.

Lawsuits Call Popular Recreation Area Unsafe

Lawsuits Call Popular Recreation Area Unsafe

But in the last 20 years, at least six people have died at the Offsets Quarry, with countless others reporting serious injuries.

I-Team: Toddler Scorched on Plastic Slide

I-Team: Toddler Scorched on Plastic Slide

It's a silent danger found in parks, pre-schools, and homes throughout Missouri and Illinois.  

Ethiopian Man Recovering from Life-Saving Surgery in St. Louis

Ethiopian Man Recovering from Life-Saving Surgery in St. Louis

A farmer from Ethiopia continues his recovery following a life-saving operation performed at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis.

Family Finds Meaning After Suicide of Wife, Mother Of Seven

Family Finds Meaning After Suicide of Wife, Mother Of Seven

She was a mother of seven and the wife of a prominent real estate developer. Seven years ago, Margaret "Peggy" Sansone committed suicide.

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