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Category: Death - dying

Ceremony commemorates value of body donation to science
May 2, 2023
Interview with Dana Mihaila, MD, PhD, Anatomical Gift Program director

Suicides top list of firearm-related deaths and injuries
March 17, 2023
Interview with public health researcher Margaret Formica, PhD

How the kidney waiting list works; patients with impaired consciousness; helping someone with cancer: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 13, 2022
March 11, 2022
Interviews with transplant surgery chief Reza Saidi, MD, ethicist and...

How to celebrate the holidays safely in a pandemic; hemorrhoid problems and treatments; making your medical last wishes known in advance: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020
November 13, 2020
Interviews with Assistant Dean of Wellness Kaushal Nanavati, MD, colorectal...

A psychiatrist copes with - and writes about - kidney cancer
May 15, 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

How members of the health care system will implement a 'Zero Suicide' project
September 20, 2018

Changing views on cervical cancer screening; top medical issues facing New York state; health care for local refugees: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018
August 15, 2018

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

Finding a mental health care provider; a doctor for the homeless; a case for hospital ethics consultants: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018
August 3, 2018

Treating ADHD in adults; explaining advance directives; vaginal rejuvenation by laser: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 18, 2018
March 16, 2018

Making your health care wishes known
March 8, 2018

Update on the flu and flu shots; palliative care's unique role; robotically assisted surgery: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018
January 26, 2018

Choosing care that focuses on relief of cancer's symptoms, rather than a cure
January 18, 2018

Remote device helps certain heart patients; latest on smoking, vaping; gun violence as public health issue: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017
January 2, 2018

Protecting yourself from sexually transmitted diseases; how cancer survival rates have improved; avoiding injury when using smartphones, tablets: Upstate Medical University’s HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017
December 21, 2017

Reasons for running; examining the 'hunger hormone'; when caregivers face grief: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017
October 20, 2017