written by Gayle Jennings, RD, CDE - Feb. 22, 2017 March not only brings warmer temperatures, the chance to open up the windows and get some fresh air, it’s also National Nutrition Month (R), a time to focus on eating healthy and being healthy. If you’re like most Americans, you do a lot of eating on the run. People are looking for fast, easy and good-tasting foods that fit into a hectic lifestyle. No matter what you are rushing to, here is a top 10 list of tips to eat healthier when you are eating out: Plan ahead. When you’re about to eat out, consider what meal options are available. Look

The SIU Center for Maternal-Fetal Medicine is dedicated to providing the highest quality of care to women in central Illinois who face complicated or high-risk pregnancies. This type of pregnancy can include diabetes, preeclampsia, pre-term labor, fetal growth problems, suspected fetal anomalies, multifetal gestations, as well as other, less common conditions. The SIU Center for Maternal-Fetal Medicine provides services that span preconceptional risk assessment and counseling, care during pregnancy and postpartum follow up. Using an integrated care approach, the Division provides patients with

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. [Editor: See the list below for the student or physician from your community.] The experience provides an opportunity for students to use their medical knowledge in an office setting under the supervision of an experienced physician. The students choose from more than 160 family practice physicians in Illinois for their preceptorship experience. They will graduate

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. [Editor: See the list below for the student or physician from your community.] The experience provides an opportunity for students to use their medical knowledge in an office setting under the supervision of an experienced physician. The students choose from more than 160 family practice physicians in Illinois for their preceptorship experience. They will graduate

Special tributes Giving a gift through our Special Tribute Program is a wonderful way to support education, patient care and research while honoring a friend, colleague or family member. When you make a gift in honor of or in memory of a friend or family member, the person being honored or their family will receive a personalized Special Tribute certificate informing them of the gift as well as the fund to which the gift is designated. We will help you honor and remember your loved ones and friends in times of joy or sorrow, to celebrate or console. To make a gift to in honor of, memory of or

Hospitalization Among Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (SSD) Investigators Obiora Onwuameze, MD (Faculty, Adult Division) Vinod Alluri, MD (Faculty, Adult Division) Objective: The objectives of this project are to 1) Determine the relationship between depression and hospitalization in patients with SSDs; 2) evaluate psychotic symptoms as a predictor of hospitalization in SSDs patients; 3) assess diagnosis of schizophrenia versus schizoaffective disorder as a predictor of hospitalization in SSD patients; and 4) develop a preliminary predictive model of variables for

FIRST (Family Intervention in Recent Onset Schizophrenia Trial) Investigators Jeffrey I. Bennett, MD (Faculty, Adult Division) Obiora Onwuameze, MD (Faculty, Adult Division) Vinod Alluri, MD (Faculty, Adult Division) This observational study compares outcomes for caregivers of patients with new onset schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or schizophreniform disorder who receive a program of online psychoeducational training versus support as usual. Caregiver health status, patient outcomes, satisfaction, and various subjective parameters will be measured over a 12-month period. Patients