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Category: Alzheimers - Dementia

Proposed weight-loss drugs aim for fewer side effects
February 12, 2025
Interview with medicinal chemist Robert Doyle, PhD, of Syracuse University

Research on human brains reveals proteins, structures important in cognition
January 30, 2025
Interview with Christopher Gaiteri, PhD.

Caring for your tattoo; prescribing books to kids: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024
November 21, 2024
Interviews with Ramsay Farah, MD, Jaclyn Sisskind, MD, and Sharon Brangman, MD

Different methods of reasoning can intersect with cognitive decline
November 6, 2024
Interview with Jeffrey Zemla, PhD, of Syracuse University

A memory lapse isn't necessarily from dementia
November 1, 2024
Advice from Sharon Brangman, MD, Upstate geriatrics chief

Memory problems can show up early in 'mini cog' screenings
November 1, 2024
Interview with Sharon Brangman, MD, Upstate geriatrics chief

Alzheimer's update; hospital robots and drones; ideal nurses: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024
September 19, 2024
Interviews with Sharon Brangman, MD; Steven Roberts and Jeff Causey; and Scott...

Healthy habits can lessen risk of dementia
August 21, 2024
Advice from Sharon Brangman, MD, Upstate geriatrics chief

Stroke and depression; implants for better hearing; drug for early Alzheimer's: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, June 16, 2024
June 13, 2024
Interviews with Carrie Garcia and Jessica Mungro, PhD; Jeffrey VanTassel; and...

Dementia factors; genes and COPD; prostate cancer treatment: Upstate's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, May 5, 2024
May 2, 2024
Interviews with Roger Wong, PhD, Auyon Ghosh, MD, and Alina Basnet, MD

Treatment can lessen severity of early Alzheimer's disease
May 1, 2024
Interview with neurologist Tinatin Chabrashvili, MD, PhD

'Sundowning'; better sleep; vaccine research; pot use and the brain: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, April 28, 2024
April 25, 2024
Interviews with Antonio Culebras, MD; Adam Waickman, PhD; and Roger Wong, PhD,...

Researchers study possible links to dementia
March 27, 2024
Upstate researcher Roger Wong, PhD discusses his recent study on the risk...

'Sundowning': deteriorating behavior tied to cognitive decline
March 25, 2024
Interview with Antonio Culebras, MD, neurologist and sleep specialist

Tattoo care and removal; too much sitting; dialysis and hospice: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023
December 14, 2023
Interviews with Ramsay Farah, MD, Carol Sames, PhD, and Ayorinde Soipe, MD,

Exercise expert explains benefits of movement
November 14, 2023
Interview with Carol Sames, PhD, Upstate exercise physiologist

Condition does not lead to dementia in most people
July 6, 2023
Interview with Sharon Brangman, MD, geriatrics chief at Upstate

Simple practices can help make the best of it
July 6, 2023
Advice from Upstate geriatrics chief Sharon Brangman, MD