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Category: Aging - Geriatrics

When patients with COVID need physical therapy; pandemic's death rates for people with disabilities; helping kids stressed by events: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, June 14, 2020
June 12, 2020
Interviews with doctor of physical therapy Zachary Boswell; researchers Margaret...

COVID-19 death rates higher for those with intellectual, developmental disabilities
June 12, 2020
Interview with Upstate's Margaret Turk, MD, and Syracuse University's Scott...

COVID-19 update: the disease and its prevention; coping with related anxiety; ways to help seniors, who are vulnerable: Upstate Medical University’s HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 22, 2020
March 19, 2020
Interviews with epidemiologist Katie Anderson, MD, PhD, integrative medicine...

Ways to help older people, who are more vulnerable, during the coronavirus outbreak
March 19, 2020
Interview with Sharon Brangman, MD, chief of geriatrics at Upstate

Strength training for seniors; hospital's 'one-room schoolhouse'; SU football coach talks fitness, motivation: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019
October 16, 2019

Testing a possible drug for Alzheimer's disease; preparing for emergencies; explaining vaping-related illness, risks: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019
October 11, 2019

Testing a drug that may be a treatment for Alzheimer's
September 26, 2019

Treating kidney stones; sleep problems among seniors; explaining sarcoidosis: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019
August 23, 2019

How sleep habits may change as a person ages
August 2, 2019

ADHD's genetic component; disease outbreaks and civil unrest; issues surrounding death and dying: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 3, 2019
February 28, 2019

End-of-life issues - palliative care, quality of life, assisted suicide - explored in new book
February 22, 2019

Minimally invasive back surgery; how anyone can benefit from exercise; cannabinoids and pain relief: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019
January 24, 2019

Are you protected against shingles?
October 12, 2018

New treatment for a common heart problem; becoming a standardized patient; explaining Medicare: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018
September 7, 2018

Accessing medical records on your iPhone; why a health care proxy matters; cobalt's role in nutrition: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on AIr for Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018
August 30, 2018

Medicare: What you need to know, and the person to ask
August 23, 2018

State medical society president - an Upstate graduate - discusses key health issues
August 10, 2018

Increased recognition of geriatrics; a uniquely graphic medical textbook; beer and endurance runners: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018
August 10, 2018