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Category: Genetics

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
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
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
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
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
January 10, 2020
Interviews with public health expert Christopher Morley, PhD, chief of...

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
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
November 30, 2019
Interviews with Christopher Fortner, MD, PhD, and Jarrod Bagatell, MD.

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
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
August 16, 2019

A look at CRISPR and the future of gene editing
August 12, 2019

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
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
February 28, 2019

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
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
October 12, 2018

Ethicist concerned about murky issues surrounding home genetic testing
October 5, 2018