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Category: Technology

These simple-to-use devices are crucial after cardiac arrest
February 22, 2024
Interview with emergency physicians Christian Knutsen, MD, and Guillermo...

Mental and physical health, zero gravity among considerations
February 20, 2024
Interview with Michael Marge, EdD on the health concerns and some...

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,

Infants need human interaction for healthy development
February 13, 2024
Interview with Upstate physical therapist Danielle Hoose, DPT

Devices improve hearing differently than hearing aids
January 17, 2024
Upstate audiologist Jeffrey VanTassel on how cochlear implants can help people...

Worries about AI; a treatable heart condition; fixing injured joints: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 24, 2024
January 11, 2024
Interviews with Serife Tekin, PhD, Cynthia Taub, MD, and Zachary Telgheder, MD

Low-back pain; a technique for pain relief: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023
December 21, 2023
Interviews with HeeRak Kang, MD, and Vandana Sharma, MD

Whipple procedure can remove early pancreatic cancers
December 18, 2023
Surgeon Mashaal Dhir, MD discusses the Whipple procedure which helps some...

Newer surgical methods mean small incisions, quicker recovery
December 18, 2023
Interview with neurosurgeon Ali Hazama, MD on how herniated disks, spinal...

Wiring brains to computers; unruptured aneurysms; drugstore hearing aids: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023
December 8, 2023
Interviews with L. Syd Johnson, PhD, Aravind Reddy, MD, Hesham Masoud, MD, and ...

Goal is for patients to feel as if they'd never had the surgery
November 30, 2023
Interview with Zachary Telgheder, MD, Upstate orthopedic surgeon

Rapidly evolving technology lacks guidelines, rules or laws
November 27, 2023
Serife Tekin, PhD, explains some of the ethical concerns surrounding artificial...

Ethical questions abound if humans are wired to machines
November 16, 2023
L. Syd Johnson, PhD, associate professor of bioethics and humanities discusses...

Cannabis for pain relief; cancer and social media: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023
October 5, 2023
Interviews with Brian Johnson, MD, and Yanli Zhang-James, MD, PhD; and Amy...

Explaining autopsies; sexual, public health in ads; cellphone addiction: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023
September 22, 2023
Interviews with Robert Stoppacher, MD, Rebecca Ortiz, PhD, and Christopher...

New surgical tool; a tick-borne virus; cancer information sources; heat precautions: Upstate's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, July 9, 2023
July 6, 2023
Interviews with Michael Costanza, MD, Saravanan Thangamani, PhD, and Sarah...

Device can be used to treat aneurysms, other cases
June 21, 2023
Interview with Michael Costanza, MD, chief of vascular surgery at Upstate

A promising anti-seizure treatment; AI in medicine; stool transplants: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, June 18, 2023
June 15, 2023
Interviews with Robert Beach, MD, PhD, Amr Wardeh, MD, and Aamer Imdad, MBBS

New tech tool could help with some tasks, wouldn't work with others
May 18, 2023
Amr Wardeh, MD, a resident physician in radiology with an interest in AI and...

FEVAR procedure corrects dangerous weakening of main artery
April 20, 2023
Upstate vascular surgeon Wei Li, MD on how a dangerous ballooning of the body's...