Microbes May Offer Clues to Improve Endometriosis Care
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. The
SIU Fertility and IVF Center to Celebrate Sixth Birthday
More than 1,750 babies born The Fertility and IVF Center at SIU School of Medicine will celebrate its sixth birthday with a party from 3 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11, at Erin's Pavilion in Southwind
Could Flaxseed Prevent a Recurrence of Ovarian Cancer?
SIU Clinical Trial First to Study Use as Dietary Supplement in Ovarian Cancer Survivors A new clinical trial at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine is the first in the United States to
Toward the goal
As a father of six, Donald Torry, PhD, has some experience with pregnancy. Helping women who develop preeclampsia has become his life’s work. Preeclampsia is a pregnancy condition in which high blood pressure and protein in the urine develop after the 20th week (late second or third trimester). Preeclampsia develops in 5-10 percent of pregnancies and, aside from anti-hypertensives to try to control spiraling blood pressure, the only “cure” is delivery.