Tag: "KSDK"
Komen Race Dollars Help Programs in St. Louis and Siteman Cancer Center
It’s a common question many ask when they sign up for a charity event: “Where does the money go?” At the annual Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure®, of the net proceeds raised locally, up to 75% stays in St. Louis to help organizations provide breast cancer education, screening and treatment programs. For example, Komen dollars fund [...]
Siteman, NewsChannel 5, Rams Team Announced for Komen Race
The fight against breast cancer has made great strides in the past 15 years. Some of that, including here in the St. Louis area, can be attributed to the literal strides taken by people participating in the annual Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure®. Since 1999, the St. Louis Affiliate of the Susan G. [...]
TONIGHT: Get Your Heart Disease Questions Answered by Experts
If you have questions about heart disease, we have an opportunity for you to have your questions answered. Tonight between 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., experts from the Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Heart & Vascular Center will take your calls about heart disease. We’ll be at KSDK/NewsChannel 5 and the number to call will be [...]
Can Diet and Exercise Prevent a Breast Cancer Recurrence?
After everything is finished with a breast cancer treatment, preventing a recurrence becomes a focus. Patients are prescribed medications to reduce chances it doesn’t happen again. There’s another idea in mind that may hold off a recurrence: losing weight. Cancer prevention researcher Kate Wolin, ScD, from our Siteman Cancer Center has a new study enrolling women with [...]
The DASH diet – Dr. Ed Geltman weighs in
The DASH diet is a hot topic in the news these days, and it’s success is proving to be big competition for other well-known diets for many reasons, one of them being that it MAY lower your blood pressure in as little as two weeks time. The DASH diet, which stands for Dietary Approaches to [...]
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