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Drug abuse, obesity, maternal health among key findings

Drug abuse, obesity, maternal health among key findings

March 8, 2023

Interview with county Health Commissioner Katie Anderson, MD, PhD


Curbing street violence; understanding breast cancer; blue light and eyesight: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022

Curbing street violence; understanding breast cancer; blue light and eyesight: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022

November 21, 2022

Interviews with Upstate social workers Rubina Dhillon and Renee Gregg, Harvard...


Street violence and its victims are focus of specialized social workers

Street violence and its victims are focus of specialized social workers

November 3, 2022

Interview with Upstate social workers Renee Gregg and Rubina Dhillon


Suicide prevention hotline number becomes 988 across the U.S.

Suicide prevention hotline number becomes 988 across the U.S.

June 29, 2022

Interview with Cheryl Giarrusso of Contact Community Services in Syracuse


She had Lyme disease, then started a group to help educate about the tick-borne illness

She had Lyme disease, then started a group to help educate about the tick-borne illness

June 28, 2022

Interview with Anne Messenger of the Central New York Lyme & Tick-Borne Disease...


Preventing a second stroke; diversifying medical research; examining TB's threat; Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, June 26, 2022

Preventing a second stroke; diversifying medical research; examining TB's threat; Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, June 26, 2022

June 24, 2022

Interviews with neurologist Gene Latorre, MD; geriatrics chief Sharon Brangman,...


Effort aims to recruit more people of color into medical research studies

Effort aims to recruit more people of color into medical research studies

June 3, 2022

Interview with chief of geriatrics Sharon Brangman, MD, and community research...


Afghan refugees face medical, other challenges as they settle into new home in America

Afghan refugees face medical, other challenges as they settle into new home in America

December 28, 2021

Interview with Andrea Shaw, MD, who heads Upstate's Refugee Health team


Meeting the medical and mental health needs of kids in foster care

Meeting the medical and mental health needs of kids in foster care

December 20, 2021

Interview with Steven Blatt, MD, professor of pediatrics at Upstate


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

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...


Numbers help illustrate the pandemic's uneven effects across racial groups

Numbers help illustrate the pandemic's uneven effects across racial groups

February 17, 2021

Interview with Daryll Dykes, MD, PhD, JD, orthopedic surgeon and chief diversity...


How vaccines will attack COVID-19; hotline answers questions about the pandemic: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021

How vaccines will attack COVID-19; hotline answers questions about the pandemic: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021

January 8, 2021

Interviews with Upstate infectious disease expert Katie Anderson, MD, PhD, and...


Treating kidney stones; caring for wounds and arterial disease; dealing with violence’s traumatic wake: Upstate Medical University’s HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020

Treating kidney stones; caring for wounds and arterial disease; dealing with violence’s traumatic wake: Upstate Medical University’s HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020

December 23, 2020

Interviews with urologist Scott Wiener, MD; vascular surgeon Palma Shaw, MD; and...


Safety, flexibility are cited as keys to celebrating holidays in a pandemic

Safety, flexibility are cited as keys to celebrating holidays in a pandemic

November 4, 2020

Interview with Upstate family practitioner Kaushal Nanavati, MD


 Testing a possible treatment for lupus; how the pandemic hit the Syracuse area's refugees and homeless: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020

Testing a possible treatment for lupus; how the pandemic hit the Syracuse area's refugees and homeless: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020

October 12, 2020

Interviews with Upstate's Andras Perl, MD, PhD, Andrea Shaw, MD, and David...


How COVID-19 is affecting the homeless

How COVID-19 is affecting the homeless

October 2, 2020

Interview with Upstate's David Lehmann, MD, PharmD, who provides medical care to...


How the pandemic impacts local refugees

How the pandemic impacts local refugees

September 25, 2020

Interview with pediatrician and internist Andrea Shaw, MD, who oversees a...


Researching the degeneration of nerves; seeking the possible regeneration of retinas; helping needy women with menstrual supplies: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020

Researching the degeneration of nerves; seeking the possible regeneration of retinas; helping needy women with menstrual supplies: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020

August 6, 2020

Interviews with Upstate scientist Jessica Henty-Ridilla, PhD; visiting...


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