Posts in Health and Wellness
20th Anniversary of Art of PAWS & People Benefit Helps Pets Stay In Forever Homes with Their Eternal Humans

The elegant 2-story downtown Gatsby Ballroom at The Alverne will soon again fill with benefactors for Art of PAWS & People.  Presented by Purina on October 12, from 7 to 10 p.m., the annual Vivent Health fundraiser features music, abundant hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, and an auction of one-of-a-kind art donated by local and national artists.  Proceeds raised at Art of PAWS (Pets Are Wonderful Support) & People provide pet food and veterinary care assistance for Vivent Health’s patients’ pets, as well as comprehensive, integrated HIV prevention, care, and treatment for all those they serve in the St. Louis area. Learn more here.

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Fighting for a World Without Cancer

This summer, Siteman Cancer Center moved to a newly constructed — and visually stunning — building on Forest Park Expressway and Taylor where all the cancer patients will go. It was totally designed with the patient at the epicenter. There's a lot of glass and open space. Read more here about how it all began with businessman Al Siteman’s cancer diagnosis resulting in the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center the Center for Advanced Medicine.

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The Wonderful World of E-Bikes

It turns out the secret to feeling young again might be getting on an electric bike. Sales of electric bikes, known as e-bikes, have soared in the last year. The Light Electric Vehicle Association predicts that more than one million e-bikes will be sold in the U.S. this year. Mike Weiss, owner of St. Louis’s Big Shark Bicycle Company, confirmed, “The e-bike category has been growing dramatically.”

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