Lisa Russell
About
Lisa Russell covers health and aging for both West Newsmagazine and Mid Rivers Newsmagazine. She is a West St. Louis County native [Parkway South, class of 1979] and graduate of Mizzou’s journalism school. She and her husband have three grown children.
Recent data from the World Health Organization show that more than 80% of adolescents around the world fail to get enough healthy physical activity every day.
The Mercy Center for Performance Medicine & Specialty Care, a “next generation” healthcare facility and one of the largest multi-specialty surgery centers in the U.S.
A large spike in cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) among young children has been a nationwide health problem over the past several months.
For the large number of teens who don’t hold jobs, though, a primary reason lies in their parents’ concerns about negative effects on their children’s health and well-being.
