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Category: Weight Loss

Toxic positivity; body roundness index; drug delivery to brain: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025
January 16, 2025
Interviews with psychologist Holly Vanderhoff, PhD, exercise physiologist Carol...

Body roundness index: A new way to calculate body fat
December 18, 2024
Interview with Carol Sames, PhD

A drug for sleep apnea; spiritual care; Gen Z’s health concerns: Upstate Medical University’s HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024
December 5, 2024
Interviews with Antonio Culebras, MD, the Rev. Terry Culbertson and Kaushal...

Weight-loss drug treats sleep apnea, possibly eliminates need for CPAP machines
October 22, 2024
Interview with Antonio Culebras, MD, Upstate sleep specialist

Weight-loss pills; breastfeeding help: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023
October 26, 2023
Interviews with Timothy Shope, MD; and Jayne Charlamb, MD, and Michele Dwyer, RN

The short answer: There's no quick fix for obesity
August 31, 2023
Interview with Timothy Shope, MD, chief of bariatric surgery

How weight-loss surgery affects the body; an expert's clues to solving and creating crossword puzzles: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022
January 7, 2022
Interviews with bariatric surgery chief Timothy Shope, MD, and bioethics and...

Explaining weight-loss surgery; rethinking aspirin's role in preventing strokes, heart attacks; finding reliable health information online: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021
December 3, 2021
Interviews with bariatric surgery chief Lauren Rabach, MD, cardiology chief...

Minimizing antidepressant withdrawal; a discovery behind blood-pressure drugs; low-fat vs. low-carb diets: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, July 21, 2019
July 19, 2019

What's involved in surgical weight loss
November 29, 2018

Opioid addiction's deadly outgrowths; lessons from Appalachia; low-fat and low-carb diets: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, June 10, 2018
June 7, 2018

Is a low-fat or low-carbohydrate diet better for losing weight? And do calories count?
April 24, 2018

Understanding why DASH diet is healthy way to eat
April 24, 2018

SU football coach shares views on motivation, fitness for athletes and non-athletes; how children's feeding disorders are treated: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 11, 2018
March 9, 2018

SU football coach Dino Babers talks about fitness and motivation
February 22, 2018

The 6 most important principles of cancer prevention
January 31, 2018

Sharing tragic news with children; explaining weight-loss surgery; why sperm counts are declining: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017
December 1, 2017

Dietitian recommends USDA nutrition website for its advice, easy recipes - and fun
November 9, 2017