Meet Our Guests
October 12, 2008

Gabriel Haas, MD

Topic: PROSTATE CANCER

Jeffrey Bogart, MD

Topic: CALYPSO 4D RADIATION SYSTEM

University Hospital
& SUNY Upstate
Medical University

Trisha Torrey...

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On October 21st's Show:

Adolescent Medicine specialist Robert Cavanaugh talks about the teen brain, its struggle to mature and the risk-taking behaviors that are its hallmark; and orthopedic surgeon Danielle Katz discusses scoliosis in children: when to treat, when not to treat, and how to treat.

• Read More About: Adolescent Medicine Program at University Hospital.
• Read More About: Orthopedic Surgery Services at SUNY Upstate Medical University.

Health Information Center Resources for Teen Brain/Risk Taking Behaviors:

• Make a Difference: Talk to Your Child about Alcohol, from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAA).
• A Family Guide To Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy & Drug Free, developed by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
• Adolescent Development, from Medline Plus.
• Teen Risk-Taking: Promising Prevention Programs & Approaches, from the Urban Institute.
• Teenage Risk-Taking: Biological & Inevitable?, from Science Daily.

Health Information Center Resources for Scoliosis In Children:

Book:

• The Scoliosis Desk Reference, A Practical Guide For Identifying the Early Signs of Scoliosis, by Marc Lamantia and Gary Deutchman, published by Scoliosis Care Foundation, 2007.

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

Other:

• Scoliosis? What You Need to Know, includes multimedia program with animations.
• Scoliosis and Spinal Deformity Articles, from Spine-Health.com.
• Patient and Public Information, from the Scoliosis Research Society.
• Papers and Posters, from annual meetings of the Scoliosis Research Society.
• Surgeries Online, a webcast from istreamplanet.com.
• Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium (VEPTR) Rib Implant, from OR-Live, an online webcast.
• Avoiding Fusion in Early Onset Scoliosis: Growing Rods and the Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium (VEPTR), from OR- Live.
• Scolisois Conditions In Depth, from the Health Library.
• Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, from the North American Spine Society.

News and Views...

U.S. Cancer Death Rates Are Found to Be Falling

Overview of Community-Associated MRSA, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.