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Studies show that health care professionals affect about 20 percent of health outcomes. The other 80 percent depends mostly on physical and emotional environment and on individual health behaviors

It’s Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. The Regional Cancer Partnership of Illinois (RCPIL) will provide free prostate cancer screenings from 5 -7 p.m. on Monday, September 26, at the Sangamon County

Simmons Cancer Institute (SCI) at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine will host its annual “Denim & Diamonds” fundraiser Saturday, October 15. The event features one-of-a-kind live and

Program celebrates 20th milestone ceremony Thirty-two students took their first steps in the journey to becoming a doctor at the Shirley J. McGlinn Medical/Dental Education Preparatory Program

Family physicians in 10 Illinois communities are hosting students from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine August 29 – September 23. The students are participating in the school’s Family

Ran lab to study tumor formation, spread Tumor cells use thin-walled lymphatic vessels to travel and spread in the human body. Once cancer spreads, a patient’s prognosis dims. SIU research scientist

Simmons Cancer Institute hosts 15th annual cancer symposium Simmons Cancer Institute (SCI) at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine will hold its 15th annual symposium, “Surviving Cancer: It

Eight minority medical students in the Class of 2020 began their medical training last week at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Carbondale. “We continue to attract a diversity of

Springfield area high school freshmen interested in becoming doctors are invited to take their career explorations one step further. Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield Public