Archive for February, 2011
The Fetal Care Center offers seamless care for family and child
The Fetal Care Center of St. Louis, a joint venture between Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital, is a leader in patient care. Offering every expertise under one roof such as diagnostic testing, specialists appointments, Labor & Deliver and NICU, The Fetal Care Center provides the peace of mind that many expectant parents need [...]
Siteman's Illumination gala, Kristin Chenoweth in the news
Last week we announced that Kristin Chenoweth would be headlining the Siteman Cancer Center’s Illumination gala. This week, Deb Peterson of the Post-Dispatch wrote up a nice piece in her column highlighting the event. The gala is fast approaching, so if you’re thinking of attending or a sponsorship, please contact Kristin Marino at your earliest [...]
BJH named Top 50 hospital by Becker's Hospital Review
The Becker’s Hospital Review named Barnes-Jewish Hospital as one of the top Top 50 hospitals in the nation. The winners are chosen because they have “put patients’ needs first, driven a variety of innovations and helped to set the bar for high-quality care”. The Becker’s Hospital Review editorial team analyzed, scored and weighted data from [...]
As National Heart Month comes to a close…
…don’t let you’re prevention and awareness end. Just because February is the designated month for heart healthy doesn’t mean that you can’t continue making good choices for your heart and prevent heart disease. Some things you can continue to do year-round to ensure your heart is taken care of are: – schedule regular check-ups with [...]
Online help for your nutrition and fitness goals
How are you doing two months into the new year? Hanging onto those resolutions, or have they been more difficult to stick to? A family member turned me onto this over the weekend, and I’m finding it to be a very handy tool in helping me reach my calorie-counting and fitness goals. It also appeals [...]
Storm danger has passed, no problems on campus
Were you awake for the storm last night? The sirens went off downtown about 20 minutes prior to the storm blowing through, which gave us plenty of time to find safe shelter. Here at the hospital, frequent drills for such weather are performed, and our staff made sure that all patients were out of harms [...]
Kristin Chenoweth to Perform at Annual illumination Gala Benefiting Siteman
Since 1999, the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation’s illumination gala has featured celebrities who’ve shared personal stories in an effort to raise money for the Siteman Cancer Center. Al Roker, Christina Applegate and Kareem-Abdul Jabbar both have been incredibly entertaining and enlightening speakers. Last year, Kareem even visited patients at the Siteman Cancer Center to share his [...]
New Robot Takes Barnes-Jewish Stroke Team to Community
We have a new toy in place to help our stroke specialists be “remotely present” when a patient with a suspected stroke goes to fellow BJC hospital Parkland Health Center in Farmington. A robot that allows us to communicate with the patient like we were actually there. Really. The robot lets Washington University stroke specialists [...]
Tommy John surgery gives hope to Cardinal's pitcher
Adam Wainwright, an ace pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinal’s baseball team, was recently flown back to St. Louis from spring training in Florida because of elbow problems. It was announced today that he will have Tommy John surgery to repair his pitching elbow. For those of you who aren’t familiar (that would be me), [...]
Brain functioning and encoding can be compared to a symphony
Earlier this month we posted a story on how Dr. Eric Leuthardt, a neurosurgeon at Washington University at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, studied the frequency of brainwaves using electrocorticography. The RFT published a new article with as slightly different take on the brainwave research Dr. Leuthardt is doing, in which he compares it to hearing the different [...]
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