St. Jude Medical Minutes

Alicia Huettel

Educating Minute by Minute

Sixty seconds. One minute. It is not long, but the St. Jude Medical Minute transforms this small unit of time into a media vehicle to educate and share information and expert voices from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital nationwide on the radio airwaves and worldwide on stjude.org.

Started in 2000, the award-winning St. Jude Medical Minute is a weekly radio segment created to educate and increase awareness of the variety of hospital-related work done at St. Jude. Topics are sent to more than 3,000 radio stations in the top 200 markets across the country and include the latest about cutting-edge research, first-rate patient care, innovative hospital departments and award-winning caregivers.

 

 
11/16/2009
Tobacco Quit Line Focuses on Childhood Cancer Survivors

Eighteen percent of adults who survived cancer as children smoke cigarettes. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is helping these survivors break the habit.

 
 
10/26/2009
After Completion of Therapy Clinic

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has led the field in developing research programs that follow survivors’ progress for decades after treatment. The centerpiece of these efforts is the After Completion of Therapy Clinic which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.

 
 
10/19/2009
New chromosomal abnormality identified in leukemia associated with Down syndrome

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists recently found a new chromosomal abnormality in the most common form of childhood cancer. It is often seen in children with Down syndrome.

 
 
10/05/2009
Survivors Day

Living with and beyond cancer is cause to celebrate life.

 
 
09/08/2009
Sickle Cell Disease and Sickle Cell Trait

Sickle cell disease is the largest genetic disorder in the world.

 
 
08/17/2009
Avian influenza strain primes brain for Parkinson’s disease

In a recent study, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists found that one avian flu strain does not directly cause Parkinson’s disease but increases the brain’s susceptibility to the disease.

 
 
04/27/2009
Biomedical Library

Books, journals and information—all at your fingertips.

 
 
04/06/2009
St. Jude Celebrates Doctors' Day

A day to celebrate doctors.

 
 
03/16/2009
Child Life Specialists Help Normalize the Hospital Environment

Battling a serious illness can affect the normal development of a child or teenager.

 
 
03/09/2009
Dietitians

Dietitians focus on nutritional needs for patients at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

 
 
03/02/2009
Scientific Editors

Scientific editors do more than cross the T's and dot the I's for researchers writing scientific documents and manuscripts.

 
 
02/25/2009
Wellness Blog

Blogging: a novel avenue to communicate wellness initiatives to employees.

 
 
02/09/2009
St. Jude Focuses on the Environment

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital focuses on the environment.

 
 
02/02/2009
Celebrating Decades of Patient Care and Research

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital celebrates another year of finding cures for children with catastrophic diseases.

 
 
01/26/2009
Child Life Career

Want a rewarding hospital career in a competitive field working with young children? Become a Child Life specialist.

 
 
01/19/2009
Blogging about Construction

The Design and Construction Blog at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is an effective way to use technology to share information with employees about construction areas at the hospital.

 
 
01/12/2009
Child Life

The Child Life Program at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital strives to minimize the stress and anxiety that many kids have when they have to stay in the hospital.

 
 
01/05/2009
Oncopedia

The International Outreach Program at St. Jude created Oncopedia, a free-access, interactive, online encyclopedia for pediatric hematology and oncology cases.

 
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