HealthLink on Air Categories
Category: Prevention - Preventive Medicine

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

Better recovery rates from bowel disease; prepping for disaster; explaining pulmonary hypertension: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023
January 26, 2023
Interviews with Prateek Wali, MD, Krithika Ramachandran, MBBS, and Chris Dunham

Vaccination can safely prevent a sometimes deadly disease
January 19, 2023
Interview with Jana Shaw, MD, pediatric infectious disease specialist

Tips from the Upstate New York Poison Center
December 19, 2022
Interview with Mary Beth Dreyer of the Upstate New York Poison Center

Cochlear implants vs. hearing aids; pulmonary hypertension; tick outlook: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022
December 16, 2022
Interviews with audiologist Erin Bagley, AuD, pulmonologist Krithika...

Some ticks carry more than one disease
November 22, 2022
Interview with tick expert Saravanan Thangamani, PhD

Stroke threatens more women than breast cancer does
November 10, 2022
Interview with nurse Michelle Vallelunga from the Upstate Stroke Program

How to protect one's knees throughout life
November 9, 2022
Interview with Upstate orthopedic surgeon Zachary Vredenburgh, MD

Eye specialist explains how to protect the eyes from blue light
November 7, 2022
Interview with Upstate ophthalmologist Mark Breazzano, MD

How clinical trials work; preventing the common infection RSV; ADHD in adults: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022
November 4, 2022
Interviews with infectious disease specialists Stephen Thomas, MD, and Joe...

Street violence and its victims are focus of specialized social workers
November 3, 2022
Interview with Upstate social workers Renee Gregg and Rubina Dhillon

Medication shows promise in preventing RSV, a sometimes deadly infection, in babies
October 17, 2022
Interview with pediatric infectious disease specialist Joe Domachowske, MD

Using water to treat prostates; back-to-school COVID outlook; rapid home tests: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022
August 31, 2022
Interviews with urologist Hanan Goldberg, MD, pediatric infectious disease...

What did the pandemic teach public health experts?
August 24, 2022
Interview with public health and preventive medicine chair Christopher Morley,...

School year COVID outlook: Smoother ride likely, but fasten your seat belts
August 24, 2022
Interview with pediatric infectious disease specialist Joe Domachowske, MD

Updated guidelines on home COVID tests explained by public health expert
August 19, 2022
Interview with public health and preventive medicine chair Christopher Morley,...

Suicide prevention hotline number becomes 988 across the U.S.
June 29, 2022
Interview with Cheryl Giarrusso of Contact Community Services in Syracuse

Rates of sexually transmitted infections rising again after pandemic slowdown
May 16, 2022
Interview with Elizabeth Asiago-Reddy, MD, the chief of infectious diseases at...