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Prevention News & Stories
Health & Wellness, Patient Resource, Prevention
For Your Health: Make wellness part of spring cleaning
There’s always the same 24 hours in a day, but somehow when we hit spring, it can seem like we get some extra time. With more daylight and warmer weather, the days can just feel like they’re expanding. And with that shift can come a boost in our energy and motivation to tackle lingering projects […]
Health & Wellness, Patient Resource, Prevention
For Your Health: Move more, live better
It’s likely no surprise to read that physical activity is good for us. In fact, it may be hard to go a full day without seeing something positive about exercise and physical activity on the news or social media. What can sometimes get lost in all that, though, is how wide-ranging the benefits of physical […]
In the Media, Prevention, Staff/Faculty Update
Hall recognized with Provost Impact Award
Honored for breast health outreach to high school students Lannis Hall, MD, MPH, a WashU Medicine associate professor of clinical radiation oncology and radiation oncologist at Siteman Cancer Center, has been honored with a 2025 Provost Impact Award by the WashU Confluence Collaborative. The award recognizes her work promoting breast health with young women in […]
Health & Wellness, Patient Resource, Prevention
For Your Health: Spilling the beans on coffee and health
For the morning coffee drinkers out there, a recent study found there may be one more reason to enjoy that first cup of the day. In a study of over 40,000 people in a national health survey, researchers found that morning coffee drinkers had a lower risk of dying prematurely than non-coffee drinkers. And the […]
Health & Wellness, Patient Resource, Prevention
For Your Health: Healthy eating tips for National Nutrition Month
March is National Nutrition Month, prompting me to wonder how often this column focuses on the links between what we eat and our health and well-being. The short answer is: a lot. Over the years, it’s been fairly rare that we don’t address eating in one way or another. What we eat may play a […]
Health & Wellness, Patient Resource, Prevention
For Your Health: Keep active in winter with an eye toward spring
We’ve made it past Groundhog Day — again — but whether Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow or not, winter can often feel unending this time of year. Across the country, we’ve had long stretches of cold temperatures and bad weather. And even when things start to defrost, the days can feel too short and the […]
Health & Wellness, Patient Resource, Prevention
For Your Health — Ultra-Processed Foods: A Growing List of Possible Health Risks
Ultra-processed foods. It’s not a term many of us heard 10, or even five, years ago. But that’s starting to change. We now see it in news stories and posts on social media. And there’s good reason for that. Even as more ultra-processed foods fill grocery store shelves, we’re also learning more about their possible […]
Health & Wellness, Patient Resource, Prevention
For Your Health: Making time for our health during the holidays
We’re entering one of those special times of the year — the winter holidays. It’s a concentrated few weeks that give many of us the chance to spend extra time with friends, family and colleagues, celebrating the past year while looking toward the possibilities of the next. And though the season’s colder weather and shorter […]
In the Media, Prevention, Research
Analyzing multiple mammograms improves breast cancer risk prediction
AI method spots subtle changes over time, enhances accuracy of determining 5-year risk A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis describes an innovative method of analyzing mammograms that significantly improves the accuracy of predicting the risk of breast cancer development over the following five years. Using up to three years […]
Health & Wellness, Patient Resource, Prevention
For Your Health: A painless test for lung cancer that saves lives
Our progress against lung cancer is something to celebrate. Millions of lives have been saved in the U.S. alone since rates of smoking began to drop in the mid-1960s. And as smoking continues to become less common and treatment improves, we expect to gain even more ground against the disease. One key tool helping to […]