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Recent Alzheimer’s disease research is shedding new light on why women are more likely to develop the disease than men.

When a domestic violence matter becomes news, one question is always shouted the loudest: why didn’t she leave? And with that question comes the implication that, by staying in the relationship, the survivor somehow deserved what happened. As the second part in our two-part series examining why survivors of assault don’t report, we’re looking at domestic violence. Why don’t victims leave, and why don’t they call the police?

When a house is robbed, rarely is the question posed of “Why was the house decorated that way if it didn’t want burglarized?” When a car is broken into, no one says “Well it should have been covered up.” But when someone is sexually harassed, assaulted or raped, those are always the first words uttered. Survivors or sexual assault face not only unimaginable trauma, but judgment after the fact. Many survivors don’t report attacks to avoid this or because of the societally prevalent idea that no one would believe them anyway. In the first of two blogs examining why victims don’t report attacks, we’re looking at sexual assault. We spoke to Jeanné Hansen, licensed clinical social worker with the SIU School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry, about why these crimes go so heavily unreported.

“The School of Medicine gave me the opportunity to practice medicine and develop my love of orthopaedics, which is my passion,” says Dr. Ron Romanelli, Class of ‘83 and orthopaedic surgery resident alumnus ‘88, who established the Orthopaedic Alumni Endowment for Dr. E. Shannon Stauffer, the first chair of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation at SIU School of Medicine. “Dr. Stauffer was my mentor, like a father figure,” Dr. Romanelli says. “He shared his love of orthopaedics and his values about how to take care of patients. He really attracted me to the field. I couldn’t have done it

In this post from SIU Medicine's Pelvic Wellness Series, we'd like to talk about a common concern that affects women and even some men: stress urinary incontinence , perhaps better recognized as "peeing a little when I sneeze." Is this something you struggle with? If so, keep reading to learn more about why it happens and what can be done about it. Why do I pee when I sneeze? If you unintentionally leak urine when you sneeze, laugh, jump, cough, pick something up or exercise, you might have stress incontinence. It's the most common kind of urinary incontinence, ahead of urge incontinence (the