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Genetic counseling can help determine a person's risk for specific cancers

Genetic counseling can help determine a person's risk for specific cancers

May 7, 2021

Interview with Jason Shandler, a genetic counselor at the Upstate Cancer Center


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

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...


What's the biology of your cancer? Treatment becomes more personalized

What's the biology of your cancer? Treatment becomes more personalized

February 27, 2020

Interview with Jeffrey Ross, MD, assistant professor of pathology and urology at...


Learning to live with sickle cell disease; leading the way on a football field or in a hospital; explaining thoracic outlet syndrome: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020

Learning to live with sickle cell disease; leading the way on a football field or in a hospital; explaining thoracic outlet syndrome: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020

January 24, 2020

Interviews with pediatric hematologist Kathryn Scott, MD, child psychologist...


Explaining genetic abnormalities; coping with a digital world; refugees’ health needs: Upstate Medical University’s HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020

Explaining genetic abnormalities; coping with a digital world; refugees’ health needs: Upstate Medical University’s HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020

January 17, 2020

Interviews with Upstate geneticist Robert Roger Lebel, MD, Le Moyne College...


Why life expectancy is dwindling; endometrial cancer explained; exercise's value for people with diabetes: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020

Why life expectancy is dwindling; endometrial cancer explained; exercise's value for people with diabetes: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020

January 10, 2020

Interviews with public health expert Christopher Morley, PhD, chief of...


When vaginal bleeding is related to endometrial cancer

When vaginal bleeding is related to endometrial cancer

January 8, 2020

Interview with Mary Cunningham, MD, chief of gynecologic oncology at Upstate


How exercise promotes good health; future doctors focus on food; the origins of cancer: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020

How exercise promotes good health; future doctors focus on food; the origins of cancer: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020

January 6, 2020

Interviews with Upstate doctor of physical therapy Karen Kemmis, Upstate medical...


New cystic fibrosis drug offers hope; how to prepare for flu season: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019

New cystic fibrosis drug offers hope; how to prepare for flu season: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019

November 30, 2019

Interviews with Christopher Fortner, MD, PhD, and Jarrod Bagatell, MD.


New cystic fibrosis drug regimen considered a breakthrough treatment

New cystic fibrosis drug regimen considered a breakthrough treatment

November 15, 2019


Changing one's genes; children's bleeding disorders; a specific type of high blood pressure: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019

Changing one's genes; children's bleeding disorders; a specific type of high blood pressure: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019

September 6, 2019


Genetics and prostate cancer; the psychology of better performance; exercise and Parkinson's disease: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019

Genetics and prostate cancer; the psychology of better performance; exercise and Parkinson's disease: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019

August 16, 2019


A look at CRISPR and the future of gene editing

A look at CRISPR and the future of gene editing

August 12, 2019


What is the role of genetics in prostate cancer?

What is the role of genetics in prostate cancer?

August 12, 2019


How teamwork, resiliency affect football ... or a hospital; ethics in public health; researching a rare, devastating condition: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 10, 2019

How teamwork, resiliency affect football ... or a hospital; ethics in public health; researching a rare, devastating condition: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 10, 2019

March 8, 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

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


International research shows at least a dozen genetic variants increase the risk of ADHD

International research shows at least a dozen genetic variants increase the risk of ADHD

February 25, 2019


Medical student helps research rare neurologic condition clustered in Dominican Republic

Medical student helps research rare neurologic condition clustered in Dominican Republic

February 22, 2019


What transgender surgery involves; depression after a stroke; questions about home genetic test kits: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on AIr for Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018

What transgender surgery involves; depression after a stroke; questions about home genetic test kits: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on AIr for Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018

October 12, 2018


Ethicist concerned about murky issues surrounding home genetic testing

Ethicist concerned about murky issues surrounding home genetic testing

October 5, 2018


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