Nearly half of women age 40 and older have dense breasts, which can make mammograms harder to read and increase the likelihood of missing cancer during screenings. To address this, the FDA now requires mammogram facilities to notify patients about their breast density.

Nearly half of women age 40 and older have dense breasts, which can make mammograms harder to read and increase the likelihood of missing cancer during screenings. To address this, the FDA now requires mammogram facilities to notify patients about their breast density.

Nearly half of women age 40 and older have dense breasts, which can make mammograms harder to read and increase the likelihood of missing cancer during screenings. To address this, the FDA now requires mammogram facilities to notify patients about their breast density.

Nearly half of women age 40 and older have dense breasts, which can make mammograms harder to read and increase the likelihood of missing cancer during screenings. To address this, the FDA now requires mammogram facilities to notify patients about their breast density.

When Rich Payne felt an electric shock down his back and legs after placing paper on a coworker’s desk, he tried to write it off – he must have pulled something and didn’t realize it.

A Springfield emergency medicine physician shared stories about an out-of-this-world endurance test: Dr. Nate Jones spent a year in a habitat that simulated what life would be like for a space crew on Mars.

A Springfield emergency medicine physician shared stories about an out-of-this-world endurance test: Dr. Nate Jones spent a year in a habitat that simulated what life would be like for a space crew on Mars.

A Springfield emergency medicine physician shared stories about an out-of-this-world endurance test: Dr. Nate Jones spent a year in a habitat that simulated what life would be like for a space crew on Mars.

A Springfield emergency medicine physician shared stories about an out-of-this-world endurance test: Dr. Nate Jones spent a year in a habitat that simulated what life would be like for a space crew on Mars.

Think you have what it takes to live on Mars? Springfield emergency medicine physician Dr. Nathan Jones thought he did. And now he knows for certain. Late one night in 2023, Jones clicked a link on his computer and "went down a rabbit hole" that led to a year-long simulation experiment with NASA. The SIU School of Medicine alumnus was selected to serve as the mission medical officer, living in a tightly monitored 1,700-square-foot module dubbed Mars Dune Alpha at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. He will share stories about the out-of-this-world endurance test at a special presentation at