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How to get a good night's sleep; cancer survivor explains the disease to children; training mental health providers: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 27, 2022
March 25, 2022
Interviews with sleep specialist Dragos Manta, MD, childhood cancer survivor and...

Children's book about cancer aims to help friends understand a complex disease
March 24, 2022
Interview with author and childhood cancer survivor Anne Bramlage, EdD

Breast cancer during her pregnancy presented tough but surmountable challenges
October 18, 2021
Interview with Upstate breast care specialist Jayne Charlamb, MD, left, and...

Dealing with angst; a dramatic recovery from COVID-19; a possible new hazard from vaping: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, July 19, 2020
July 17, 2020
Interviews with Upstate clinical psychologist Jennifer Rapke, PsyD; Canastota...

Canastota farmer shares how he survived tough bout with COVID-19
July 2, 2020
Interview with Travis Duffy, who was hospitalized for nearly a month with...

A tragedy leads parents to advocate for preventing unintended medication exposures in children
March 2, 2020
Interview with Adam and MaryBeth Gillan (shown with their daughter, Maisie) and...

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...

Focus on opioids: painkiller guidelines; addiction crisis update; a firsthand account of dependency: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019
October 4, 2019

Evolving from cancer patient to cancer survivor; vaping-related health issues: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019
September 27, 2019

Survivorship is a lifelong phase of cancer care
September 12, 2019

Kidney cancer: how it is diagnosed and treated, and what it feels like to live with it: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, June 2, 2019
May 30, 2019

A psychiatrist copes with - and writes about - kidney cancer
May 15, 2019

Perspectives on breast cancer: a nursing officer becomes a patient; simultaneous radiation and surgery; avoiding chemotherapy: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 17, 2019
March 15, 2019

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

He kept sports in his life after losing a leg to cancer in high school
February 15, 2019

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

When children, parents, doctors disagree; eyesight restoration research; health risks of low-wage jobs: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017
August 31, 2017

How smoking hurts bone health; effects of community displacement; dealing with family disagreements in end-of-life cases: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, July 16, 2017
July 14, 2017