State Medical Challenge Bowl

The SIU Physician Assistant Program's Challenge Bowl team won its third consecutive Illinois Academy of Physician Assistants State Medical Challenge Bowl! The Challenge Bowl was held at Northwestern

SIU Office of Tech Transfer receives national ranking

A national organization promoting economic opportunity has ranked Southern Illinois University Carbondale among its top 100 in the country for technology transfer. The Milken Institute’s Center for

SIUEM Chair Dr. David Griffen Receives ICEP Meritorious Service Award

Dr. David Griffen, Chair of the Division of Emergency Medicine at SIU, was honored today with the Dr. Bill Smiley Meritorious Service Award from the Illinois College of Emergency Physicians. He was

Skin Cancer Screenings Available for Springfield Area Residents

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month

Camp COCO Charity Golf Outing Set for June 9

Southern Illinois University Medicine invites golfers to form teams for the annual charity golf outing benefiting the Camp COCO Children’s Cancer Fund. A shotgun start will begin the game at 12:30 p.m

SIU Med School Welcomes New Ortho Chief

Orthopedic surgeon Ryan Pate, MD, has joined the faculty of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield

MEDPREP 2017 Certificate Ceremony and Banquet celebrates departing MEDPREP students

The 2017 MEDPREP Certficate Ceremony and Banquet, "Keys to Success," was held on April 30, 2017 in the SIUC Student Center Ballrooms. 32 MEDPREP students, who started in the summer of 2015, were

Clinical Trials to Test New Alzheimer's Treatments

Center seeks patients, care partners to advance therapies

For many, birth control can improve quality of life

In a recent study out of Sweden, researchers found a correlation between oral contraceptives and a lower quality of life. Among the 340 women in the study, aged 18 to 35, those given contraceptive stated that their quality of life was “significantly lower” than women given placebos, with quality of life here described as “mood/well-being, self-control and energy level,” all of which purportedly affected negatively by birth control pills. But for many women, the opposite is true.