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Category: Drugs - Medications - Pharmacy

Purple heroin is a new danger on the streets of Central New York
June 10, 2022
Interview with Ross Sullivan, MD, director of medical toxicology at Upstate

Key points on how recreational marijuana products affect the brain and body
June 3, 2022
Interview with Hesham Masoud, MD, associate professor of neurology and...

Examining job-related diseases; effects of marijuana edibles; showing compassion: Upstate's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, May 15, 2022
May 13, 2022
Interviews with occupational health physician Michael Lax, MD; toxicologist...

Explaining fentanyl and its dangers; the human genome project's significance; signs of concussion: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, May 1, 2022
April 28, 2022
Interviews with toxicologist Vincent Calleo, MD, neuroscientist Stephen Glatt,...

The drug fentanyl, showing up in street drugs, is causing overdoses, deaths
April 22, 2022
Interview with Vincent Calleo, MD, medical director of the Upstate New York...

How treatment of poisoning has evolved; finding trustworthy medical information online; challenges for young doctors: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 20, 2022
March 18, 2022
Interviews with toxicologist Christine Stork, PharmD, medical librarian Olivia...

Upstate New York Poison Center marks 65 years of advising about dangerous substances
March 4, 2022
Interview with Christine Stork, PharmD, clinical director of the Upstate New...

Edible pot vs. smoked pot; mental health services for youth; bladder cancer and treatment: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022
February 11, 2022
Interviews with toxicologist Willie Eggleston, PharmD, child psychologist Ron...

Marijuana edibles can be dangerous
January 20, 2022
Interview with Upstate toxicologist Willie Eggleston, PharmD

What the Upstate New York Poison Center does; a workplace perspective on opioid misuse: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022
December 29, 2021
Interviews with Vincent Calleo, MD, medical director of the Upstate New York...

Ideas for battling opioid misuse at the workplace level
December 10, 2021
Interview with Jeanette Zoeckler, PhD, director of preventive services for...

Ovarian cancer surgery; a diabetes drug without side effects; a disease that can threaten transplant patients: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021
December 10, 2021
Interviews with gynecologic oncologist Rinki Agarwal, MD, chemistry professor...

Explaining weight-loss surgery; rethinking aspirin's role in preventing strokes, heart attacks; finding reliable health information online: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021
December 3, 2021
Interviews with bariatric surgery chief Lauren Rabach, MD, cardiology chief...

Drug being developed to help people with both diabetes and cystic fibrosis
November 18, 2021
Interview with Robert Doyle, PhD, a medicinal chemist who teaches at both...

Rethinking aspirin's role in preventing strokes, heart attacks
November 17, 2021
Interview with Upstate cardiology chief Debanik Chaudhuri, MD

Genetics fine-tunes medication process; therapy to relieve dizziness, balance disorders; when a child faces surgery: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021
October 8, 2021
Interviews with neurologist Karen Albright, DO, PhD, and pharmacist Danielle...

Dealing with inflammatory bowel disease; cutting HIV risk with a daily pill; treating epilepsy with devices, surgery: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021
September 17, 2021
Interviews with surgeon Joseph Valentino, MD, education specialist Nicky...

Your genes can affect how medications work in your body -- now there's a clinic for that
September 14, 2021
Interview with neurologist and pharmacologist Karen Albright, DO, PhD, left, and...