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The SIU Center for Healthy Aging and Wellness offers comprehensive care to older adults and individuals struggling with substance use or those seeking alternative care in Springfield and the surrounding area. Our goal is to provide you with individualized, compassionate care, help you live a healthy, productive life and improve or maintain your well-being, comfort and quality of life.

Cerebral edema is swelling of the brain resulting from a build-up of fluid. It can be the result of injury or illness such as cancer, meningitis, or encephalitis. It can be treated with either medicine, surgery, or a combination thereof.

Cerebral palsy is a movement disorder resulting from abnormal brain development, often before a patient is born. It impacts a patients motor function and muscle development. Long-term treatment includes physical and other therapies, drugs, and sometimes surgery.

Cerebral spinal fluid leak results when the fluid around the brain (called cerebral spinal fluid) leaks through a hold through the skull bone.

The term “cerebrovascular disease” refers to atherosclerotic plaque buildup in the arteries supplying blood to the brain, which puts afflicted patients at risk for disabling stroke. By far the most commonly affected arteries are the carotid arteries which are located in the front of the neck. Most patients at risk have no symptoms until their initial stroke, which may leave them with a permanent disability or, if they are fortunate, resolve completely. Typical symptoms of a stroke include numbness or paralysis of one side of the body, inability to speak, blindness of one eye, or garbled or

A malignant tumor of the lowest part of the uterus (womb) that can be prevented by PAP smear screening and a HPV vaccine. There may be no symptoms. In a few cases, there may be irregular bleeding or pain. Treatments include surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy.

January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. Nearly 13,000 women in the U.S. are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year, but the disease is preventable. Cervical cancer is actually the easiest gynecologic cancer to prevent. Prevention can be achieved with vaccination and appropriate screening. There are two screening tests that can help prevent or detect cervical cancer early. Pap test (pap smear): Tests for cell changes on the cervix that might become cervical cancer if not treated appropriately. HPV test: Tests for the human papillomavirus, which can lead to cell changes. Almost all