Resource Archives:University Hospital's HealthLink On Air

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August 17, 2008

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Howard Weinberger, MD

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Thomas Welch, MD

Topic: LEGACY OF JULIUS B. RICHMOND

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Eric Deshaies, MD

Topic: CEREBROVASCULAR NEUROSURGERY

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Coming up on July 15th's Show - Rev. Terry Culbertson, manager of the Spiritual Care program at University Hospital, talks about the unique programs sponsored by her department including the annual Clergy Day, which updates spiritual care givers on the often fascinating measures used to train professionals as well as medical and health profession students to assist patients in crisis and at the end of life. Dr. Richard Sills, director of the Waters Center for Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders, discusses sickle cell disease treatment and, in general, the progress that has been made fighting pediatric cancer, the many battles won, and the amazing resilience of children.

On July 8th's Show - Rochele Clark, BS, RN, coordinator of the University Hospital Stroke Center, discusses the advances made in raising stroke awareness since the Center became CNY's only New York State Designated Stroke Center. And clinical educator Dona Ferguson, RN, MSN, will talk about one of summer's more unpleasant side effects: Lyme Disease.

For more information on Central New York's only Designated Stroke Center at University Hospital: www.upstate.edu/uh/stroke/nysdsc/

For more information on Lyme Disease and ticks: www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/

Health Information Center Resources for Stroke:

Books:

“Stroke” by Louis R. Caplan. Published by American Academy of Neurology Press, American Academy of Neurology, 2006.
“Life after Stroke: the Guide to Recovering Your Health and Preventing Another Stroke". By Joel Stein, Julie Silver, and Elizabeth Pegg Frates. Published by Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Books available through bookstores and libraries, including the Health Information Center and Amazon.com.

Websites:

Stroke Heroes Act FAST, an online video that Illustrates the F.A.S.T model of recognizing and responding to the signs of stroke.
Stroke Heroes Act FAST Learn the Signs of Stroke, a brochure on the Act F.A.S.T model.
Order Form for the above publications.
Stroke Recovery, a website from the National Stroke Association. Includes “Hope Recovery Guide”, including “Life After Stroke”, “Rehabilitation Therapy” and “Recovery Fact Sheet Series”.

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Medical Speak Words of the Week - SPIROCHETE

Definition: A microscopic bacterial organism in the Spirochaeta family. Spirochetes have a worm-like, spiral-shaped form, and wiggle vigorously when viewed under a microscope.

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