Archive for September, 2010
Latest Survivor location – Siteman
Survivor may be an entertaining television show. But to the people at the Siteman Cancer Center, it’s a call to action. As soon as someone is diagnosed with cancer, they are considered a cancer survivor for the rest of their life, says Nancy Kuhrik, PhD, educational coordinator for Siteman. There are an estimated 12 million [...]
Limited edition Cardinals hat winner announced
Congratulations to Chris Walsh! He’s the lucky winner of the limited edition St. Louis Cardinal’s ballcap that was sold exclusively this summer at the Cardinals store, from which $10 of every sale went to the Siteman Cancer Center for cancer research. Thanks to all those who wrote in and told us what Barnes-Jewish Hospital means [...]
Thanks to all those who responded to missing person alert
We’d like to thank the St. Louis community for their cooperation and caring in response to the missing person yesterday. Allen Oglesby was found okay early yesterday evening less than a mile from the hospital by local St. Louis police. We were overwhelmed with your responses to our alerts, and appreciate the support you gave [...]
More controversy about breast screening and mammography
More fuel to the fire today in the debate about the success of screening mammography for breast cancer. Today’s New England Journal of Medicine has a study looking at data from Norway between 1996 and 2005 of more than 40,000 women in their 50s and 60s. The study claims regular mammograms reduced the risk of dying from [...]
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