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Taking pills as prescribed; an innovative cancer treatment; med students as teachers: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024
January 18, 2024
Interviews with Paula Trief, PhD; Ruth Weinstock, MD, PhD; Mashaal Dhir, MD; and...

Experience offers look at needs, concerns of people with disabilities
December 6, 2023
Interview with Amelia Gabor, medical student at Upstate

Dealing with ticks and mosquitoes; cosmetic-surgery tourism and its risks; streamlining special-needs services for kids: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, April 24, 2022
April 21, 2022
Interviews with Upstate researcher and tick expert Saravanan Thangamani, PhD,...

Golisano Center for Special Needs streamlines care for kids with intellectual, developmental disabilities
January 28, 2022
Executive director, Henry Roane, PhD, talks about the Golisano Center for...

COVID-19 death rates higher for those with intellectual, developmental disabilities
June 12, 2020
Interview with Upstate's Margaret Turk, MD, and Syracuse University's Scott...

The emerging world of personalized cancer treatment; adaptive design for people with disabilities: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 1, 2020
February 28, 2020
Interviews with Upstate's Jeffrey Ross, MD; and Upstate assistant professor of...

In Syracuse or Ecuador, adaptive design helps people with disabilities participate more fully in daily activities
February 28, 2020
Interview with Connor McGough, adaptive design program coordinator for ARISE,...

Explaining spinal tumors; active athlete has dealt with cancer, amputation; what child life specialists do: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019
February 15, 2019
Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019: Explaining spinal tumors; active athlete has dealt with...

He kept sports in his life after losing a leg to cancer in high school
February 15, 2019
Dan Kosick, age 41, discusses how he's kept sports and a positive attitude in...

What it's like to get radiation treatment; a virus that mimics polio; an alternative to knee replacement: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018
November 15, 2018

Osteoarthritis has a new nonsurgical treatment option
October 26, 2018

Looking for causes of glaucoma; rehabilitation after spinal cord injury; caring for heart-failure patients: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017
September 29, 2017

Legal, financial issues for people who have chronic diseases or a child with special needs
April 27, 2017

Explaining glaucoma; female urinary health; outdoor project for people with disabilities: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017
January 27, 2017

Group promotes accessibility to fitness activities for people with disabilities
January 5, 2017

Dealing with breast lumps; new approach to back problems; drugs that fight psychoses: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016
October 14, 2016

Spine practitioner helps patients with back pain, other problems
October 5, 2016

Falls and how to prevent them; art therapy for hospitalized children; volunteering for medical work overseas: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016
September 15, 2016