Archive for January, 2011
Winter Storm Update
As the forecast puts the St. Louis area right along the line between a “Winter Weather Warning” and a “Blizzard Warning” (check out the map on www.weather.gov) our emergency preparedness team is prepped and ready for the pending weather. It may sound odd, but this storm has the most potential to affect Barnes-Jewish much in [...]
Hormone therapy for menopause linked to breast cancer
A new study out of Britain shows that there is a link between the hormones many women take for menopause and the risk of developing breast cancer. This study, which used over a million postmenopausal women ages 50-64 from from May 1996 through December 2001, shows that the women thought to be at the lowest [...]
Mammogram appointments available
The Breast Health Center at Siteman Cancer Center has had lots of cancellations for today, tomorrow and Wednesday due to the impending winter storm. If you’ve been putting off your screening mammogram, there are lots of openings today through Wednesday. The Breast Health Center is located in the Center for Advanced Medicine, Suite 5D, 4921 [...]
BJH Lean Team teaches employees about process improvement
As an internal communications coordinator, I work with many departments at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, but I have learned the most, by far, from the Operational Excellence department. This group is tasked with improving processes and the way we work, always with the patient in mind. In the last few years, I’ve seen this group transform the [...]
What to do about link between breast implants and cancer?
On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a possible association between saline and silicone gel-filled breast implants and anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), a very rare type of cancer. Data reviewed by the FDA suggest that patients with breast implants may have a very small but significant risk of ALCL in the [...]
To give and receive:The Beacon looks at kidney transplant
Casey McFarland is a 32-year-old woman, an employee of the Mehlville School District. She gets up at 6 a.m. for her dialysis treatment before she goes to work. Jonel Presley is a 54-year-old mother from St. Peter’s. She felt so much better after a kidney transplant from her daughter that she now celebrates the anniversary of [...]
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