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Some people are happy if they can keep one garden going. Rich Payne takes on the daunting effort of three. Between the perennial garden, shade garden and the pollinator garden, the only time to rest is when snow is around the corner. These vibrant spaces provide the perfect setting for spending time with his basset hound, Violet. “Just being out there, there's always something to do, always something to divide and add or remove,” Rich said. So when Rich felt an electric shock down his back and legs after simply placing paper on a coworker’s desk, he took pause. But just for a moment. Then next

Since 2017, Eve Fischberg has led Stepping Up, a program to help those with memory loss and their care partners develop better balance. Now retired from SIU Medicine, Maggie Schaver was also instrumental in developing the program.

Sam McFadden’s curiosity and passion for studying neurodegenerative diseases will live on through the recently established Samuel A. McFadden Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease Research Fund. McFadden, the lab manager for the Smith Alzheimer’s Center Hascup Labs at SIU Medicine, has been battling a brain tumor for nearly a decade. In June 2023, he was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a fast-growing and aggressive brain tumor that currently does not have a cure. The fund will support graduate student research in aging and neurodegenerative disease, an area dear to McFadden’s heart. “I was very

Fiscal Year 2017 Holiday Schedule Date of Holiday Name of Holiday Explanation Monday, July 4, 2016 Independence Holiday Legal Holiday Monday, September 5, 2016 Labor Day Legal Holiday Friday, November 11, 2016 Veterans Day Designated Holiday Thursday, November 24, 2016 Thankgiving Day Legal Holiday Friday, November 25, 2016 Thanksgiving Holiday Designated Holiday Monday, December 26, 2016 Christmas Day Holiday Legal Holiday Tuesday, December 27, 2016 Christmas Break Holiday Designated Holiday Wednesday, December 28, 2016 Administrative Closure Administrative Closure* Thursday, December 29

Gallbladder disease refers to any disease attacking the gallbladder, including cancer, gallstones, and cholestasis. Symptoms include abdominal pain, vomiting, bleeding or discoloration in the stool, or jaundice.

Gallstones are small, hardened lumps that can build up in the gallbladder, a pear-shaped organ near your liver that stores a digestive fluid called bile. If you have signs and symptoms of gallstones, such as sudden intense pain in the right upper area of the abdomen, nausea, or vomiting, your doctor may recommend surgery. Gallbladder removal surgery (cholecystectomy) can help alleviate your symptoms and prevent complications associated with gallstones, such as gallbladder inflammation and blockage of the pancreatic or common bile ducts, which are important structures involved in digestion. A

Gallbladder removal surgery (cholecystectomy) is a procedure typically done to treat conditions associated with gallstones , such as gallstone-related pain (biliary colic) or gallbladder inflammation (cholecystitis). It is a relatively common procedure with as many as 700,000 operations performed each year in the United States. If you are one of the thousands of people preparing for gallbladder removal surgery, you probably would like to know what to expect. Read on to learn more about what happens before and during this common procedure. Before your appointment If you've been told you may

Gallstones are small, hard deposits that form from mineral buildup, causing moderate to severe pain when passed. There is no definitive, single cause for stones, although dietary factors can increase or reduce risk.