Heart

The KidneyMobile is coming to screen the community for Kidney disease and other illnesses.

Risk factors for heart disease include high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

Most people think of heart disease as something that only happens in old age. That’s not always the case. But younger people may not recognize symptoms...

Southern Illinois Healthcare honored "Go Red For Women" day on Friday, February 7th with a patient who wants to raise awareness about a rare type of heart…

Area residents who have suffered from heart failure gathered Friday in Carterville to learn more about their cardiac issues.Southern Illinois Healthcare's…

On Friday, February 3rd, 2017, Southern Illinois Healthcare kicked off National Heart Month with GoRed For Women Day, a campaign to increase awareness of…

Doctor Daniel Correa calls himself an electrician for the heart.“You have to go back to the basic fact, and that is the heart is a pump. The work of the…

Dr. Raed Al Dallow says the procedure itself is not new.“Basically, with a percutaneous repair, the promise and the intent is to do a procedure that is…

Most everyone is familiar with hypothermia. It’s when the body’s core temperature drops so low, organ systems begin shutting down in the body’s attempt to…

WSIU Radio continues its "Keep the Beat" series this week, focusing on heart issues affecting southern Illinois.Congestive Heart Failure is an end-stage…