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For Your Health: Continuing to stay socially connected while physically distanced
By Graham A. Colditz Siteman Cancer Center If you feel that time has been moving at a different pace during the coronavirus pandemic, it seems you’re not alone. A study published last month in the journal PLOS ONE found that most respondents to a questionnaire reported experiencing a distorted sense of time during lockdown. For…
Read MoreGirl Scouts of Southern Illinois Nominate Four Projects for Illinois Governor’s Hometown Service Awards
The bipartisan Serve Illinois Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service presents the Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards. These awards recognize individual volunteers through a statewide award program to highlight the importance of volunteerism and community service in the State of Illinois. Of note during this uncertain time, The Serve Illinois Commission is the state’s lead agency…
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For Your Health: Watch your well-being during coronavirus distancing
By Graham A. Colditz Siteman Cancer Center Daily life has changed to an amazing degree in the last few weeks. As individuals and communities work to contain the spread of COVID-19, one major adjustment for most of us personally is that we now spend much more time at home. This form of physical distancing, or…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Drive Thru Testing Site
Memorial Hospital, in cooperation with St. Clair County Health Department will open a drive-through Coronavirus (COVID-19) specimen collection site at 4000 North Illinois Lane in Swansea (former location of Siteman Cancer Center). Beginning Thursday, March 19, the drive-through collection site will be operational 7 days a week from noon to 6 p.m. Before coming to…
Read MoreFreeburg ESDA on COVID-19
by Eugene Kramer, Coordinator Freeburg ESDA Freeburg ESDA has been receiving and sharing all data concerning the COVID-19 virus with our local Emergency Service partners of Police, Fire, Public Works, and our various divisions of Ministers On Special Emergency Services, Local Team of Nurses and of course the Community Storm Shelter managers. Every effort is…
Read MoreCOVID19 National Emergency
Provided by Eugene Kramer ESDA Coordinator for Freeburg The President of the United States has recently addressed the Nation concerning issuing a “National Emergency” as it relates to the COVID-19 virus. My ESDA office is getting notifications from the IDPH and CDC via a rapid notification system. This is a Hazardous Health response Notification ONLY.…
Read MoreFor Your Health: The bottom line on preventing colon cancer
By Dr. Graham A. Colditz Siteman Cancer Center March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and while that may not be the first thing that pops to mind in this month of March Madness and the first days of spring, it’s worth paying attention to. Really. Colon cancer is the third most common cancer in…
Read MoreFor Your Health – The buzz on coffee and health
By Dr. Graham A. Colditz Siteman Cancer Center For something that so many people love, coffee has a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to health. Even among coffee drinkers themselves, surveys have found that a large majority believe their regular habit is, to some degree, unhealthy. And that perception is puzzling because good…
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