Archive for April, 2010
Platelet donation is often overlooked or misunderstood, and it's the reason many people are alive to this day.
The first time I went to meet with the employees at the Pheresis Center to do a short video on their services, I had no idea what “pheresis” meant. Turns out, pheresis is the process of donating platelets. This lead me to ask the next obvious questions – what exactly are platelets and why are [...]
Planet Sub owner donates a portion of May sales to the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundations Cancer Frontier Fund
Zach Oldham, owner of Planet Sub restaurants here in St. Louis, decided to create a special promotion in honor of his mother, who passed away from cancer. The Central West End location, closest to the hospital, will donate 10% of it’s May sales to the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation’s Cancer Frontier Fund. The $50 million Cancer [...]
Breast Cancer Survivor From Rural Missouri Helps Others Travel to Siteman Cancer Center
Our Siteman Cancer Center sees a volume of patients rivaled by only a handful of peers nationally, with many of these patients travelling a great distance. However financially, that’s not always easy to do. So, one of our survivors is trying to do something about it. Erica Griffin of Van Buren, MO was diagnosed with [...]
And The Beat Goes On – an informative and interactive lecture on atrial fibrillation…bring your dancing shoes!
Can you feel the beat? If you have experienced an irregular heartbeat, heart racing, shortness of breath, extreme fatigue and have high blood pressure you may have atrial fibrillation. This heart rhythm disorder affects 2 million Americans. Join Dr. Ralph Damiano and Dr. Jonas Cooper to learn about the causes for atrial fibrillation, options to [...]
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