Researchers estimate that nearly every sexually active male and female will at some point during their lives, play host to a sexually transmitted illness that can cause everything from genital warts and cervical cancer to neck and oral cancer. The good news is that in 80-90% of cases, the virus will clear up on its own within two years. Human papilloma virus (HPV), the cause of almost all cervical cancers, affects more than 79 million Americans. And while condoms are somewhat effective at preventing the illness, they aren’t a guarantee since the virus can infect areas not covered by a condom

Researchers estimate that nearly every sexually active male and female will at some point during their lives, play host to a sexually transmitted illness that can cause everything from genital warts and cervical cancer to neck and oral cancer. The good news is that in 80-90% of cases, the virus will clear up on its own within two years. Human papilloma virus (HPV), the cause of almost all cervical cancers, affects more than 79 million Americans. And while condoms are somewhat effective at preventing the illness, they aren’t a guarantee since the virus can infect areas not covered by a condom

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Caryl Towsley Moy, PhD Endowed Fund for Collaborative Research The Caryl Towsley Moy, PhD Endowed Fund for Collaborative Research is a funding mechanism specifically for University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS) and SIU School of Medicine faculty to foster new collaborations and generate pilot projects or preliminary data for future funding opportunities or projects. The Request for Proposal, Application Template, and Approval Routing Form are located on the UIS website: http://www.uis.edu/research/faculty-research-and-scholarship-support/fa… The ADR Grants Office Submission

Could changing the way you think for a few moments a day lead to a healthier you? SIU Medicine’s certified mindfulness-based stress reduction expert Ruta Kulys says yes! Mindfulness training influences health through stress reduction pathways, which, in turn, leads to improved health. What is mindfulness training? Kulys, LCSW, who is also certified Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), mindfulness, or the awareness of one’s thoughts and emotions, has the potential to help us respond rather than react . “Mindfulness training helps people develop their ability to concentrate and to be

What is an Audiologist? An audiologist is a health care professional who works with patients who have hearing, balance, and other ear related problems. They examine patients of all ages and diagnose, treat, and monitor disorders of the auditory or vestibular (balance) systems. If a patient is not able to hear within normal limits, the audiologist is able to fit the patient with hearing aids or map a cochlear implant for those patients with severe to profound hearing loss. An audiologist counsels a patient and the patient’s family through a diagnosis of hearing loss, offering instruction for

Here you will find a description of research projects currently ongoing at the Play Lab, as well as projects that were previously completed. For presentations and publications from these studies, see Publications .​ Ongoing: ​ Genetic Influences on Early Cognitive Development: Early cognitive development, such as ability to conserve, engage in fantasy, and group similar objects, is studied in 1- to 4-year-old twins. Twins are tested within a month of their birthdays in the play lab. This is a longitudinal study, with twins being tested every year from age 1 (or as early as we can recruit them)

To donate to any of our scholarships, fill out this online donation form and write the name of the scholarship in the notes section. For more information about donating to these scholarships or endowing a new scholarship, please contact the Foundation Office at 217.545.2955 or email foundation@siumed.edu . Allison Linda G Scholarship Scholarship for Medical Humanities will be open to all applicants with the following qualifications regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age or veteran status. 1) A graduating senior medical student who has made significant

The SIU Center for Family Medicine – Quincy has met all criteria for Laboratory Accreditation by the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation Review (COLA), a national health care accreditation organization. The lab received no deficiencies and received the Laboratory Excellence Award, which represents the lab’s “commitment to performing quality patient testing and overall laboratory practices.” The lab “demonstrated successful proficiency testing for the prior three testing events and had no substantiated complaints against the laboratory,” according to the congratulatory letter from COLA. Dean

A pair of patients at the SIU Endocrinology Clinic celebrated major milestones in November. Springfield resident Matthew Derber, 31, has been living with Type 1 diabetes for 25 years. Julia Lopez, 38, of Chatham, has been monitoring and self-medicating for 28 years. Matt was diagnosed at age 6 and Julia at age 10. Type 1 diabetes can occur at any age but is most commonly diagnosed from infancy to the late 30s. Children with the illness face a lifelong struggle to maintain their health against chemical imbalances within their own bodies. In a person with type 1 diabetes, the pancreas produces