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Regional Health Care Organizations Partner to Offer Mammogram Mondays in October
September 11, 2017
The Regional Cancer Partnership of Illinois (RCPIL) has been awarded an $18,000 grant to fund free mammograms for uninsured and under-insured women ages 40 and older on Mondays in October at three locations.
Alzheimer's Caregivers Invited to Attend Free Training
September 6, 2017
Those who provide care to Alzheimer’s disease or dementia patients at home are invited to attend The Savvy Caregiver program, a free, six-week course. Beginning Oct. 2, classes will meet from 1 to 3 pm on Mondays, Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 and Nov. 6, at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 533 S.
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.
Health Care Organizations, SPS 186 Partner to Provide Back-to-School Physicals, Vaccines
August 3, 2017
Children entering pre-k, kindergarten, 6th or 9th grade, or who are new to Springfield Public School District 186, are required to have school physicals and immunizations. Meningococcal vaccines are also required for all students entering 12th grade if they have not already had the vaccine.
'I Hurt:' How opioid pain medicine went from a life-saver to a life-ending epidemic
July 24, 2017
The first time Jennifer Deiss ever took a Tylenol with codeine, also known as Tylenol 3, it was in 1983 when she was in her late twenties. Suffering from complications following surgery, doctors determined the now 62-year-old had arthritis that had been aggravated by bed rest.
A Seat at the Table
July 24, 2017
In 1975, the first class graduated from the then just five-year-old SIU School of Medicine. To look at the class photo, two things stand out for those of us looking at it with a 2017 gaze: in this small class of 24 people, there is only one person of color, and not one is female.