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Spine tumors may be primary (begin in the spine) or secondary (metastatic – i.e., tumors that spread to the spine from other locations). The most common cancers that move to the spine are breast, lung, renal and prostate. Most often cancer that moves to the spine is not fatal. However, it can cause pain and compress nerves. Treatment may include surgery, radiation or chemotherapy.

Spleen injuries are typically the result of an injury to the belly. The injury may be a bruise or a rupture, and may be the result of such injuries as a car accident, a hit in the stomach during a fight or contact sport such as football, or by falling from a height. Symptoms include nausea, dizziness, elevated heart rate or pain radiating up to your left shoulder.

Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that specializes in maintaining physical fitness and the treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise.

Sprains and strains are two common types of soft tissue injury. A sprain is a stretching or tearing of ligaments, the tissue that connects two bones together in your joints. The most common location for a sprain is in your ankle. A strain is a stretching or tearing of muscle or tendon. A tendon is the tissue that connects muscles to bones. Symptoms of sprains and strains are pain, swelling, and bruising. Contact a physician if symptoms include numbness or an inability to move the affected area.

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