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Category: Poison Center - Toxicology

Caring for 'elder orphans'; effects of loneliness; cannabis edibles: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024
December 19, 2024
Interviews with Sharon Brangman, MD, Hilary Gamble, MD, and Michael Hodgman, MD

Mushroom safety; medical folk advice; eating after surgery: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, June 23, 2024
June 20, 2024
Interviews with Michael Hodgman, MD, Hani Aiash, MD, PhD, and Sonia Seth

Safe mushrooms can look like toxic ones
June 4, 2024
Interview with medical toxicologist Michael Hodgman, MD

Safely viewing the solar eclipse; climate's health effects; is kratom risky?: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, April 7, 2024
April 4, 2024
Interviews with Robert Fechtner, MD, Augusta Williams, DSc, Willie Eggleston,...

Opioid-like herb has yet to be researched extensively
March 8, 2024
Interview with Willie Eggleston, PharmD, a toxicologist at the Upstate New York...

Less invasive spine surgery; implants to improve hearing; edible marijuana dangers: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024
February 15, 2024
Interviews with Ali Hazama, MD, Jeffrey VanTassel and Michael Hodgman, MD,

Kids ingesting pot; explaining fibromyalgia; speedy joint replacement: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024
January 4, 2024
Interviews with Michael Hodgman, MD, Alex Hensel, MD, and nurses Lia Fischi and...

Treating eye injuries; avoiding holiday poisonings; resistance to change: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023
November 30, 2023
Interviews with Audrey Bernstein, PhD, Mary Beth Dreyer and Andy Craig, PhD

Big concern: Keep pot-laced candies away from kids
November 30, 2023
Advice from Michael Hodgman, MD, Upstate toxicologist on keeping marijuana-laced...

Experts stress need to keep pot edibles, especially candies, locked up
November 27, 2023
Toxicologist Michael Hodgman, MD discusses the challenges arising from the...

Fungus's threat; pot users vomiting; prescription drug access for kids: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023
August 11, 2023
Interviews with Ramiro Gutierrez, MD, Christine Stork, PharmD, and Gregory...

A look at the drug and a rare condition of its heavy use
July 7, 2023
Interview with Christine Stork, PharmD, of the Upstate New York Poison Center

Metal's toxicity, its other sources, explained
May 10, 2023
Interview with Travis Hobart, MD, Upstate pediatrician on why some baby foods...

A dangerous new street drug; studying gun violence; hospitalized teens: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, April 2, 2023
March 31, 2023
Interviews with toxicologist Ross Sullivan, MD, researcher Margaret Formica,...

Drug meant for large animals is being mixed into street drugs
March 8, 2023
Interview with Ross Sullivan, MD, director of medical toxicology

Toxicologist explains how it helps combat opioid epidemic
March 8, 2023
Interview with Ross Sullivan, MD, director of medical toxicology

Frequently reported poisons are often commonplace items
February 28, 2023
Advice from Michele Caliva of the Upstate New York Poison Center

Last year's calls reveal troubling new cases among kids
February 28, 2023
Interview with Michele Caliva from the Upstate New York Poison Center