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Getting a flu shot is important every year. This year, it is especially important to conserve health care resources already busy managing COVID-19.

Two new 12-story inpatient towers built by BJC HealthCare on the Washington University Medical Campus are aimed at enhancing the care and comfort of patients at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Siteman Cancer Center.

Pedal the Cause presented its largest ever donation of nearly $2.8 million to advance leading-edge cancer research during the Pedal the Cause 2014 Check Presentation Celebration at Ballpark Village on Nov. 20. The donation will support cancer research at the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine as well as St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

Kenneth Suelthaus, vice chairman of the Polsinelli law firm, has been named chairman of the board of The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

For 21st Consecutive Year, Only Missouri Hospital Ranked Among the Nation’s Elite

It’s one of the most common heart arrhythmias. But while the symptoms for atrial fibrillation (AFIB) vary, many with the abnormal heart rhythm have one thing in common – a greater chance of having a stroke.

Now, a new non-invasive procedure at the Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Heart & Vascular Center aims to decrease that risk and the need for patients to be on blood thinning medications. It focuses on a part of the heart called the left atrial appendage. 

While multiple treatment options exist to treat PAD, new therapies at the Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Heart & Vascular Center are giving patients a minimally-invasive option. Endovascular therapy, using balloons and stents, is being used in a growing number of patients.