Tag: "rams"

Transplant Awareness Day at the Rams Game

Barnes-Jewish Team | November 30, 2012 | Comments (0)

On Sunday, December 2, the Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Transplant Center are partnering with the St. Louis Rams for Transplant Awareness Day at the Rams game. We are proud to acknowledge our recipients, their physicians and our staff who help make the Transplant Center a national leader in transplantation. One hundred transplant recipients and [...]

Komen Race Dollars Help Programs in St. Louis and Siteman Cancer Center

bjh_blog | May 11, 2012 | Comments (0)

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 [...]

Former Ram Chris Draft Spreads Cancer Prevention Message to Siteman

bjh_blog | April 27, 2012 | Comments (0)

As the Rams welcome newly drafted Louisiana State defensive tackle Michael Brockers to the fold today, we welcomed former Rams linebacker Chris Draft to our Siteman Cancer Center this morning. Draft visited with lung cancer expert Ramaswamy Govindan, MD to learn more about targeted therapies for cancers. It’s important to Draft as he started the Chris Draft [...]

Keeping the Rams Healthy in 2011

bjh_blog | August 8, 2011 | Comments (0)

Yesterday was a sweltering day to sit on metal bleachers to essentially watch flag football, but I was among the estimated 6,200 in the crowd at Lindenwood University yesterday to watch the St. Louis Rams scrimmage. It’s the first opportunity fans get to see live NFL action before the start of the preseason. So, while [...]

Good weather and good will

bjh_blog | April 8, 2011 | Comments (0)

Thank goodness the spring weather has come—and seems to be staying for awhile! No one was happier for the weather than the hundreds of folks in line at the Pageant in the Loop last night, anxiously awaiting the St. Louis Rams final cheerleading tryouts. Buying your ticket to the event not only got you a [...]

Three cheers for cancer research!

bjh_blog | April 6, 2011 | Comments (0)

We are a sports town, and there’s no doubt about that as seen last week during the Cardinal’s opening day festivities AND the games that followed. So many fans in one place warms the heart! And before we know it, football season will be upon us. The Rams know this, and are getting ready for [...]

Stopping sports injuries before they happen is goal of national effort

bjh_blog | July 19, 2010 | Comments (0)

I don’t know how old you are, but when I was in school it seems like sports were more spaced out. You had football, but then a gap between baseball. For whatever reason, that line seems to have blurred. As a parent, my kids have athletic activities that seem to have no season’s end. Our [...]