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Category: Anesthesia - Pain Treatment

Doctor explains array of treatment options
February 28, 2023
Interview with HeeRak Kang, MD, a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician

Headaches are just one component of migraines
February 27, 2023
Interview with neurologist Awss Zidan, MD

Options range from doing nothing to undergoing surgery
February 16, 2023
Advice from HeeRak Kang, MD, a doctor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at...

Relief option for chronic pain; rewards of nursing: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023
February 3, 2023
Interviews with anesthesiologist Vandana Sharma, MD, and Scott Jessie, chief...

Technique offers chronic sufferers an alternative to drugs
January 17, 2023
Interview with Upstate anesthesiologist Vandana Sharma, MD

Ticks and diseases; understanding cluster headaches; vascular surgery: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023
December 29, 2022
Interviews with researcher Saravanan Thangamani, PhD, neurologist Ioana Medrea,...

Disruption of normal life is key factor
December 12, 2022
Advice from Upstate neurologist Ioana Medrea, MD

Expert: Aspirin, in moderation, OK for treating headaches
December 6, 2022
Advice from Upstate neurologist Ioana Medrea, MD

Expert: Monitor stress, dehydration to avoid headaches
December 6, 2022
Advice from Upstate neurologist Ioana Medrea, MD

How cluster headaches differs from migraine or tension headaches
December 6, 2022
Interview with Upstate neurologist Ioana Medrea, MD

Probing clues to Alzheimer's; treating chronic pain: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022
November 18, 2022
Interviews with computational neuroscientist Chris Gaiteri, PhD, and...

Chronic pain treatment options
October 31, 2022
Interview with Upstate anesthesiologist Vandana Sharma, MD

Explaining the causes and treatments of headaches; how a vision exam can help detect disease elsewhere in the body: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 28, 202
March 26, 2021
Interviews with Upstate neurologist Awss Zidan, MD, and Upstate optometrist...

Unraveling the many causes and types of headaches and how to deal with them
March 26, 2021
Interview with Upstate neurologist Awss Zidan, MD

Treating male infertility; why CBD is popular; a look at head injuries: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020
February 14, 2020
Interviews with Upstate urologist JC Trussell, MD, Upstate pediatric...

Focus on opioids: painkiller guidelines; addiction crisis update; a firsthand account of dependency: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019
October 4, 2019

How a bioethicist broke his dependence on opioids - and what it taught him about the U.S. health care system
September 20, 2019

Opioid addiction crisis update: It's not over yet
September 19, 2019