Old MacDonald had a farm and probably an aching back, too. Research shows that farmers experience more back pain than the general population due to the physical demands of the job. Because back pain can reduce productivity and increase medical costs, preventing back injuries is imperative for farmers.

Old MacDonald had a farm and probably an aching back, too. Research shows that farmers experience more back pain than the general population due to the physical demands of the job. Because back pain can reduce productivity and increase medical costs, preventing back injuries is imperative for farmers.

Old MacDonald had a farm and probably an aching back, too. Research shows that farmers experience more back pain than the general population due to the physical demands of the job. Because back pain can reduce productivity and increase medical costs, preventing back injuries is imperative for farmers.

Patients in central and southern Illinois now have access to a more precise, safer way to detect lung cancer, thanks to a new robotic-assisted technology available through a partnership between SIU Medicine and Springfield Memorial Hospital. Pulmonologists Taylor Stone, MD and Mingchen Song, MD , performed the first biopsies using the platform last month. The Ion navigational bronchoscopy system reaches deep into the lung, to biopsy nodules that were previously difficult to access. Its ultra-thin, flexible catheter provides stability and precision, allowing physicians to collect tissue samples

Patients in central and southern Illinois now have access to a more precise, safer way to detect lung cancer, thanks to a new robotic-assisted technology available through a partnership between SIU Medicine and Springfield Memorial Hospital. Pulmonologists Taylor Stone, MD and Mingchen Song, MD , performed the first biopsies using the platform last month. The Ion navigational bronchoscopy system reaches deep into the lung, to biopsy nodules that were previously difficult to access. Its ultra-thin, flexible catheter provides stability and precision, allowing physicians to collect tissue samples

When their 4-year-old son was stricken with leukemia, Chad and Regan Hoesman turned to the children's cancer specialists at SIU Medicine and hoped for the best. A year into his treatment, their little boy received a big gift.

When their 4-year-old son was stricken with leukemia, Chad and Regan Hoesman turned to the children's cancer specialists at SIU Medicine and hoped for the best. A year into his treatment, their little boy received a big gift.