Meet Our Guests
October 12, 2008

Gabriel Haas, MD

Topic: PROSTATE CANCER

Jeffrey Bogart, MD

Topic: CALYPSO 4D RADIATION SYSTEM

ABOUT the HOST—

Health Information Center Resources on October 29th's Show

One of the country's most passionate anti smoking docs is right here at University Hospital. Thoracic surgeon Leslie Kohman talks about lung disease and treatment and the role smoking plays in the health of smokers and those who live around them.

For more information on the Upstate Medical University Foundation and the Michael Connolly Lung Cancer Endowment Fund.

For more information on smoking cessation programs, call 464-4426. Books On Smoking Cessation:

"The Butt Stops Here: Quitter’s Workbook", by Seton Health Center for Smoking Cessation. Troy, NY: Seton Health System, 2003.  Used in the Smoking Cessation Program at Upstate Medical University.

"American Lung Association 7 Steps to a Smoke-Free Life", by Edwin B. Fisher. John Wiley, c1998

Books On Lung Cancer:

"100 Questions & Answers About Lung Cancer", by Karen Parles and Joan H. Schiller. Jones and Bartlett, 2006.

"Lung Cancer: Making Sense of Diagnosis, Treatment, and Options", by Lorraine Johnston. O’Reilly, 2001.

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

Websites:

Lung Cancer Center, from the Health Sciences Library.

Lung Cancer, from the National Cancer Institute.

You Can Quit Smoking Now, from Smokefree.gov.

Freedom From Smoking, from the American Lung Association.

Pathfinder on Smoking Cessation, from the Health Information Center.

Nicotine Anonymous, local in person meetings, Internet and telephone meetings. Uses the 12 Steps and Traditions.

OnlineVideo:

Smoking Cessation: The Stages of Change - copy prescription code PR18PRNY – select link, paste into video box and hit “go”.

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