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How to get ready for the solar eclipse
August 17, 2017
Residents across the United States are going to be treated to an amazing celestial event on Monday, August 21. A solar eclipse will be streaking across the continent from Oregon to South Carolina. It’ll move from coast to coast in 90 minutes.
Are physicals still missing from your back-to-school checklist?
August 14, 2017
Stylish new gym shoes, notebooks with the most popular theme and the oh-so-important back-to-school outfit top the to-do list for most kids heading back to school. But as the time draws near, some health-related items need to be checked off parents’ lists, too.
Clinical Studies to Test New Diabetic Treatment
August 10, 2017
Will test progression of kidney disease
Elephant ears, corn dogs and shake-ups, oh my!
August 10, 2017
It’s Illinois State Fair time again! What’s your favorite fair food?
Health Care Providers Invited to Learn About Immune Cancer Therapy, HPV
August 9, 2017
Simmons Cancer Institute to Host 16th Annual Symposium
Home Sweet Home: IDoA Issues Grant to Help Keep Alzheimer's Patients in Homes Longer
August 8, 2017
People living with Alzheimer’s disease may be able to stay in their homes longer, thanks to a three-year, $701,994 grant to Southern Illinois University Medicine’s Center for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders (CADRD).
Decatur School Students to Benefit from 'Healthy Communities' Grant
August 7, 2017
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine has received a $42,000 grant for a planning project to improve the health and wellness of students in Decatur public schools.
'Why don't they report?': Domestic violence
August 7, 2017
When a domestic violence matter becomes news, one question is always shouted the loudest: why didn’t she leave? And with that question comes the implication that, by staying in the relationship, the survivor somehow deserved what happened. As the second part in our two-part series examining why survivors of assault don’t report, we’re looking at domestic violence. Why don’t victims leave, and why don’t they call the police?
New Physician Assistants Help Ease Health Care Provider Shortage in Rural Illinois
August 7, 2017
35 learners complete SIU Medicine's Physician Assistant Program