New articles in PubMed by SIU School of Medicine authors October 1, 2019
  SIU School of Medicine authors published 30 articles in the past month that were added to PubMed. Display the 30 citations in PubMed
      
    
              
  
    Grants help Sangamon County improve services for individuals with mental illness, substance use disorders
  As a result of reduced state and federal funding, jails and prisons have become de facto mental health facilities at both local and national levels. Staff members at these institutions are sometimes
      
    
              
  
    Cancer survivors, local businesses advocate for breast reconstruction awareness in Sept. 28 fashion show
  SIU Medicine is bringing the New York City catwalk to the cornfields of New Berlin. The Institute for Plastic Surgery at SIU Medicine is teaming up with area businesses to educate women about their
      
    
              
  
    Jail diversion grants to aid Sangamon County
  SPRINGFIELD, IL – As a result of reduced state and federal funding, jails and prisons have become de facto mental health facilities at both local and national levels. Staff members at these
      
    
              
  
    Grants to help Sangamon County divert people from jail
  The Sangamon County Jail’s inmate population has exceeded its 285-beds capacity every year since 2002. For the past 16 years, the jail’s population has averaged 336, due in part to a significant
      
    
              
  
    Shine a light, speak its name | National Suicide Awareness Day
  Tuesday, Sept. 17, was the second annual National Suicide Awareness Day. At SIU Medicine, faculty, staff and learners took a moment of silence to remember, mourn, pay tribute to and send love to those
      
    
              
  
    Simmons Cancer Institute to host ‘financial toxicity’ presentation on Thursday, Sept. 12
  SPRINGFIELD, IL - Nausea, hair loss, fatigue, appetite loss, pain. This list of common cancer treatment side effects doesn’t include “financial toxicity,” but maybe it should, according to
      
    
              
  
    Medical Students Training with Local Physicians (September)
  SPRINGFIELD, IL - Family physicians in nine Illinois communities are hosting students from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine through September 27. The students are participating in the
      
    
              
  
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