Over the past two years, BarnesCare's diabetes education program has been instrumental in helping employees reach goals such as losing weight, preventing a diagnosis of diabetes or improving the outcomes of their conditions.  

Effective April 1, BarnesCare will exclusively use the Intercept Oral Fluid Drug Test for all non-DOT tests that require a witnessed collection. The oral fluid test will become BarnesCare’s standard testing method for all non-DOT witnessed testing, eliminating the need for a same-sex observer, which is required for urine collections.

When summer begins, many of us make the annual trek to the mall to find a stylish pair of shades. Mary Migneco, OD, a Washington University School of Medicine optometrist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, offers the following tips when purchasing prescription or non-prescription shades

Among unemployed adults aged 18 or older in 2012, 18.1 percent were current illicit drug users, which was higher than the rates of 8.9 percent for those who were employed full time and 12.5 percent for those who were employed part time.

Your eyes are an important part of your health.