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Record Turnout for Annual UNDY 5000


| March 31, 2012 | Comments (0)

A big thank you to the over 1,700 people who participated this morning in the fourth annual UNDY 5000 in Forest Park. The Colon Cancer Alliance event raises money for colorectal cancer research and has a very creative way to help raise awareness — runners are encouraged to show up in their boxers. And many [...]

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What is AFIB and How Is It Treated?


| March 30, 2012 | Comments (0)

When we go over the most viewed pages on our website, the term “atrial fibrillation” always show up near the top. Clearly, it’s something that not only affects a lot of people, but it’s also clear it’s something many haven’t heard of and they turn to the web for information. So what is it? It’s [...]

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Not Too Late To Sign Up For This Weekend's UNDY 5000.


| March 28, 2012 | Comments (0)

It’s not too late to sign up for the annual UNDY 5000 this weekend in Forest Park. It’s a 5K that raises dollars and awareness for colon cancer, one of the leading cancer killers that is also thought to be the most preventable. To get out that message, we had a couple of interviews this morning [...]

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Barnes-Jewish Nurse Returns 68 Pounds Lighter After NBC's "The Biggest Loser"


| March 27, 2012 | Comments (0)

A week after being voted off the NBC reality show “The Biggest Loser,” Barnes-Jewish Hospital operating room nurse Kim Stone, RN, is back at work and discussed her journey this morning on the NBC “Today Show.” Stone survived 12 weeks on the show and was voted off by her fellow contestants after losing 58 pounds while [...]

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Congrats to Our Golf Expo Winners

Congrats to Our Golf Expo Winners


| March 27, 2012 | Comments (0)

The St. Louis Golf Expo greeted hundreds of avid—and casual—golfers at its 2012 event in the St. Charles Convention Center, Jan. 20-22. Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University Orthopedics were part of the crowd of sponsors and presenters that numbered more than 90. If you stopped by one of our three booths, you had a chance to meet [...]

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Justin Imm: Golf Expo Winner

Justin Imm: Golf Expo Winner


| March 27, 2012 | Comments (1)

Our winner of the Callaway golf bag, Justin Imm of Waterloo, Ill., is fairly new to the game of golf. “I just started golfing last year due to some friends wanting to try it,” Justin says. “I never really thought I would like it because I had always played football….” But the sport seems to [...]

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Mark Keller: Golf Expo Winner


| March 27, 2012 | Comments (1)

Visiting the Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University Orthopedics booths at the recent St. Louis Golf Expo turned out to be a pretty good thing for Mark Keller, who won the Callaway Diablo Octane driver by dropping his name into our contest box. Mark reports that he plays quite a bit of golf, “probably 75 rounds a [...]

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Todd McKee: Golf Expo Winner


| March 27, 2012 | Comments (1)

Todd McKee, one of five winners in the golf giveaway sponsored by Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University Orthopedics at the recent St. Louis Golf Expo, is going to do one of the only decent things a married man can do when he wins a woman’s Taylor Made golf bag. “I’ll use the bag for my [...]

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Eric Holt: Golf Expo Winner

Eric Holt: Golf Expo Winner


| March 27, 2012 | Comments (1)

When we contacted Eric Holt to tell him he’d won the iPad 2 in the Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University Orthopedics St. Louis Golf expo giveaway, he told us he’d “just returned from a two-day Florida trip” to play golf. And, he added, he is “looking to play in the Denver and Minneapolis areas this [...]

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Tammie Byers: Golf Expo Winner


| March 27, 2012 | Comments (1)

Tammie Byers stopped by the Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University Orthopedics booths at the recent St. Louis Golf Expo and filled out an entry form for our golf giveaway contest. It seems fitting that she won the $100 gift card to Buffalo Wild Wings because she and her golf tournament team members are big fans [...]

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