Posted By: Make Medicine Better 
Date Posted: February 2nd, 2012 Category: Health Care, Healthy Living
Barnes-Jewish Hospital nurse Christal Adams appeared to be a very healthy person. She didn’t have high blood pressure, diabetes or any other health issues. But then one day, she suffered a stroke. It started with knee pain in the middle of the night. She later collapsed onto the floor and was rushed to Christian Hospital [...]
Posted By: Dr. Michael Fuller Date Posted: February 2nd, 2012 Category: Healthy Living
I can now scientifically prove what I have been telling people for years. If you don’t want to die from heart disease, take care of your risk factors. Recently, in the New England Journal of Medicine, a study was released showing that nonsmoking people in their 40-50′s with normal blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol levels [...]
Posted By: Nikki Llorin Eaves Date Posted: January 27th, 2012 Category: Health Care
According to the Centers for Disease Control, unintentional injury is the leading cause of death in children under the age of 14. These injuries occur at home and in the community – and they are predictable, preventable and controllable. That’s why Dr. Mary Curtis, associate professor, is conducting a community education and research project on [...]
Posted By: Consuelo H. Wilkins Date Posted: January 26th, 2012 Category: Health Care, Healthy Living
Thanks to a recent publication about the potential impact of taxing sugary drinks, many policy makers, media, health professionals and consumers are returning to the table to discuss the controversial soda tax. In a study published in the journal Health Affairs, January 2012, researchers at the Columbia School of Public Health and University California- San [...]
Posted By: Make Medicine Better Date Posted: January 23rd, 2012 Category: Health Care Reform
It’s a question that has become one of the most contentious issues in US politics. Should the federal government require that everyone have health insurance or pay a penalty? It’s the central issue before the US Supreme Court. Supporters claim the mandate is key to making health care to more affordable and accessible to everyone. [...]
Posted By: Mike Hentrich, MHS, PT Date Posted: January 11th, 2012 Category: Healthy Living
Once again, with the advent of the New Year, many of us reflect on the past year and resolve to change or improve our habits. As we have so often heard, one of the most popular resolutions is that of weight loss or weight management. The Centers for Disease Control has been tracking overweight statistics [...]
Posted By: St. Louis Children's Hospital Date Posted: January 9th, 2012 Category: Health Care
SLCH Rick Majzun traveled to Sweden to learn more about health care outcomes relating to births — then his wife, Bonnee, gave birth. Tucker Majzun came four weeks early in St. Louis, and Majzun watched it live on a Skype video call. Tucker was the Majzuns’ fifth child and first boy. Majzun, vice president for [...]
Posted By: Kathy Holleman Date Posted: January 3rd, 2012 Category: Caregiving
ST. LOUIS – Caring for others has a cost. “Oh, yeah. That’s why I got out of it,” says a former oncology nurse at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The nurse, who remained anonymous, worked on an inpatient oncology floor. Many of her patients fought aggressive, relentless cancers during multiple hospital admissions. “You’d become attached to them and [...]
Posted By: Diane Zych Date Posted: December 23rd, 2011 Category: Healthy Living
This is a great time of year to reconnect with relatives, neighbors and even friends from far away. Often, we reconnect over food and drinks. If you’ve been working hard on changing your habits and improving your health, don’t panic. Holiday parties and social events don’t have to be a bust. With some forethought, you [...]
Posted By: Mary Williams Date Posted: December 20th, 2011 Category: Health Care
The bonding of a mother and her baby makes the breast-feeding experience special for many mothers. Because of the countless health benefits associated with breast-feeding, new mothers at Barnes-Jewish Hospital are encouraged to learn about nursing immediately after giving birth. To support this endeavor, Barnes-Jewish Hospital started a breast-feeding task force. A team of lactation [...]
Posted By: Dr. Michael Fuller Date Posted: December 12th, 2011 Category: Medicine
Having recently suffered with a bad chest cold, I figured this would be a good time to discuss the appropriate use for antibiotics in regards to upper respiratory infections. By this, I refer to infections of the sinus (sinusitis), throat (pharyngitis), upper airways (bronchitis) or of the lung itself (pneumonia). The common cold is usually [...]
Posted By: Duane Wesche, RPh Date Posted: December 1st, 2011 Category: Healthy Living
The holiday season presents problems for people with a variety of health issues — but diabetic patients always seem to have the most difficulty. Problems occur because of the weather (it’s generally colder and not as conducive to exercise), the various activities and rushing around, and especially, the food. Having diabetes shouldn’t stop you from [...]
Posted By: Becky Slatin Date Posted: November 29th, 2011 Category: Day in the Life, Health Care
After a devastating health diagnosis, major spinal surgery and paralysis from the waist down, no one would have blamed Ted Rummel, DO, if he had decided to retire and lead a low-key life. But a lot of people would have been surprised, most of all Dr. Rummel. As a typical busy orthopedic surgeon, he was [...]
Posted By: Steven Lipstein Date Posted: November 22nd, 2011 Category: Health Care
Earlier this month, I shared my thoughts in response to a recent editorial in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that questioned the tax exempt status at nonprofit hospitals. It focused on the differences in how earnings are used and distributed by for-profit corporations as contrasted with non-profit hospitals such as those within BJC. But it is [...]
Posted By: Jason Merrill Date Posted: November 21st, 2011 Category: Breakthroughs, Health Care
Approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of a procedure described as a “game changer” by physicians — transcatheter aortic valve replacement — now allows cardiac specialists at Barnes-Jewish Hospital to perform open-heart surgery without the “open” for patients previously unable to have surgery. In the procedure — approved by the FDA Nov. 2 [...]
Posted By: Nikki Llorin Eaves Date Posted: November 15th, 2011 Category: Other
How do you make nursing better at the bedside? By educating and training future nurses to care for mock patients in the most realistic ways possible. At Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College, simulation is an integral part of the curriculum. Students practice their skills on mannequins before they see real patients. But a simulation [...]
Posted By: Andrew Knef Date Posted: November 14th, 2011 Category: Healthy Living
Matt Meyers has found a way to put his lifetime of education in fitness, business, nutrition and anatomy to work for a healthier St. Louis city workforce. Meyers is a BarnesCare wellness coordinator. He manages the Bee-Fit wellness program for St. Louis’ more than 5,000 employees. In 2005, the Bee-Fit wellness program was introduced to [...]
Posted By: Steven Lipstein Date Posted: November 1st, 2011 Category: Health Care
In the Oct. 23 edition, Post-Dispatch reporter Jim Doyle raises an important question in his article, “Tax breaks scrutinized at nonprofit hospitals”. As the CEO of not-for-profit BJC HealthCare, I can confirm that Mr. Doyle accurately describes our organization as having total revenue of $3.6 billion, operating earnings of $200 million, and with our foundations, [...]
Posted By: Rosanna Gray-Swain, MD Date Posted: October 28th, 2011 Category: Healthy Living, Medicine
We often hear of the positive benefits of breastfeeding for infants, but there are also benefits for the mother. Research conducted over the years shows that breastfeeding can provide some protection against breast cancer. Scientists have a number of theories on why. The Centers for Disease Control lists “not breastfeeding” among more than a dozen [...]
Posted By: Tony Schwarm Date Posted: October 18th, 2011 Category: Health Care
Sometimes, having a quiet, peaceful place to rest can be a vital component of the cancer treatment process. Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital recognized this important aspect of care with the creation of a special garden for cancer patients and their families. In September, we unveiled our new Alta Farris and Don King Healing Garden. It’s [...]
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