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MEDPREP 2017 Certificate Ceremony and Banquet celebrates departing MEDPREP students
May 2, 2017
The 2017 MEDPREP Certficate Ceremony and Banquet, "Keys to Success," was held on April 30, 2017 in the SIUC Student Center Ballrooms. 32 MEDPREP students, who started in the summer of 2015, were honored for their hard work in the program over the past two years.
Clinical Trials to Test New Alzheimer's Treatments
May 2, 2017
Center seeks patients, care partners to advance therapies
For many, birth control can improve quality of life
May 1, 2017
In a recent study out of Sweden, researchers found a correlation between oral contraceptives and a lower quality of life. Among the 340 women in the study, aged 18 to 35, those given contraceptive stated that their quality of life was “significantly lower” than women given placebos, with quality of life here described as “mood/well-being, self-control and energy level,” all of which purportedly affected negatively by birth control pills. But for many women, the opposite is true.
Want your relationship to move forward? Go back to the beginning
May 1, 2017
Nobody said it was easy No one ever said it would be this hard Oh, take me back to the start – “The Scientist” by Coldplay Relationships are not easy. Sometimes they can be a real struggle. And when that happens, Coldplay has it right—take it back to the start.
Springfield Teens Complete SIU Physician Prep Program
April 27, 2017
Seventeen Springfield-area high school students are moving closer to becoming physicians after graduating from the Physician Pipeline Preparatory Program
Immunizations: A matter of life and death
April 17, 2017
Parenting is a minefield, one littered with harmless myths and lethal falsehoods that could blow up spectacularly without warning. One of the most pervasive and deadly is the idea that vaccines cause autism. No matter how many experts debunk the myth, well-intentioned parents continue to step on this landmine in higher numbers than we’ve seen in our lifetimes. And when that happens? Boom.
Medical Students Working with Local Physicians
April 12, 2017
Family physicians in a pair of Illinois communities are hosting students from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine April 14 – May 12. The students are participating in the School’s Family Medicine Preceptorship Program.
Microbes May Offer Clues to Improve Endometriosis Care
April 12, 2017
April 12, 2017 – Cells that typically grow in the lining of the uterus can emerge in other places in the abdominal cavity where they don’t belong, resulting in severe pain and infertility.