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Medical trailblazers and frenemies, Elizabeth Blackwell and Florence Nightingale fought Victorian social expectations on parallel tracks
May 17, 2021
Interview with Upstate graduate and medical historian Mike Magee, MD
The pandemic's uneven effects across racial groups; historical echoes of personal freedom vs. public health: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021
February 18, 2021
Interviews with Upstate Chief Diversity Officer Daryll Dykes, MD, PhD, JD, and...
Concept of 'medical liberty' stirred emotions in 19th-century Britain as well as in modern-day America
February 17, 2021
Interview with Haejoo Kim, a PhD candidate at Syracuse University
A biographer looks at pioneering physician Elizabeth Blackwell; doctors-to-be reflect on Blackwell and their med school experience: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021
January 29, 2021
Interviews with biographer Janice Nimura and Upstate medical students Neelima...
Author of new Blackwell biography shares details about the groundbreaking Upstate graduate
January 28, 2021
Interview with Janice Nimura, author of a new biography of the sisters Elizabeth...
What medical school is like for women today
January 22, 2021
Interview with Upstate medical students Sruti Akula, left, and Neelima...
Boosting one's spirits and energy in winter; insights into pandemics; regenerating the retina: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021
December 31, 2020
Interviews with Assistant Dean of Wellness Kaushal Nanavati, MD; authors and...
Mother-daughter research team compares COVID-19 to previous pandemics in new book
December 8, 2020
Interview with Allison Kavey, PhD, left, and her mother, Rae-Ellen Kavey, MD,...
Polio, a paralyzing disease that is now mostly, but not entirely, a memory
October 2, 2020
interview with Upstate neurologist Jenny Meyer, MD
What to make of the coronavirus outbreak; vaping's dangers and common drugs of abuse: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020
January 31, 2020
Interviews with Stephen Thomas, MD, infectious disease chief at Upstate, and...
Heart drugs with ancient roots; surgical treatment of obesity; transgender health challenges: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018
December 7, 2018
The story behind five classic cardiac drugs
December 6, 2018
A novel approach to fighting a cancer; dealing with partner violence; medicine's wartime lessons: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018
November 29, 2018
Medical lessons that come from the battlefield
November 15, 2018
Examining the return of measles; lessons from Clark Gable's heart attack; new edition of The Healing Muse: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018
November 7, 2018
A historical look at Clark Gable's fatal heart attack
October 12, 2018
Lessons from 1918 flu pandemic; rising rates of sexually transmitted diseases; using climate data to predict disease outbreaks: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018
September 27, 2018
New York state health commissioner discusses flu epidemics, electronic cigarettes, AIDS and other public health issues
September 14, 2018