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Coles County Students Preview Health Careers
Research indicates a potential physician shortage could occur in the U.S. within the next decade. A new program in Coles County aims to combat that trend by boosting interest in medical careers during
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VR goggles: A reality for recovery
Primary care physician James Daniels, MD, and sports psy-chologist Lindsay Ross-Stewart, PhD, want to change how rural patients recover from hip or joint replacement surgery using virtual reality
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SIU Pulmonology Specialists Now Seeing Patients in Jacksonville
Residents of Morgan County and the surrounding communities who are living with asthma, lung disease, obstructive sleep apnea or other lung conditions have a new option for care closer to home
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New treatment offers outpatient option for enlarged prostate
A new medical procedure is now available in central Illinois for treating a common male malady. Water vapor therapy can be done in an outpatient setting to treat Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH), or
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Eye on Alumni: Randy Heinzel, '03
Alumnus Randy Heinzel does double duty - delivers babies and takes their first photo
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January 2017 Medical Students Working with Local Physicians
Family physicians in eight Illinois communities are hosting students from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine January 30 – February 27. The students are participating in the school’s
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Diversity Lecture to Highlight Link Between Medical Education, Patient Health
The lecture is part of the Alonzo Homer Kenniebrew, MD Forum on Health Inequities and Disparities, the inaugural discussion of health disparities and other factors that impact population health.
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SCI Invites Brain Tumor Patients, Caregivers to New Support Group
A new support group for adult brain tumor patients and their caregivers will begin meeting from 6 - 7 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month. The Brain Tumor Support Group is sponsored through the
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Simmons Cancer Institute Accepting Summer Internship Applications
Summer research internships will be offered for the ninth year at Simmons Cancer Institute (SCI) at Southern Illinois University (SIU) Medicine. SCI will award four paid positions to qualified