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Category: Womens Health - Gynecology

A new birth control pill; a new virus preventive for kids: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, July 30, 2023
July 27, 2023
Interviews with Maureen Burke, MD, and Joseph Domachowske, MD

Opill offers effective, convenient birth control
July 26, 2023
Interview with Maureen Burke, MD, chief of general obstetrics and gynecology

Mammography guidelines; exercising when it's hot: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, June 25, 2023
June 22, 2023
Interviews with radiologist Ravi Adhikary, MD, and exercise physiologist Carol...

When and how often are mammograms recommended?
May 25, 2023
Mammography recommendations vary, and Ravi Adhikary, MD, helps explain the...

Measles re-emerges; caring for caregivers; preventive mastectomies: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023
January 20, 2023
Interviews with Jana Shaw, MD, Lisa Lai, MD, and Lauren Angelone

Genetics, family history analyzed before prophylactic mastectomies
January 5, 2023
Lisa Lai, MD talks about prophylactic mastectomies and what's involved in this...

Exercise and dementia; life after cancer; female stroke risk: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022
December 9, 2022
Interview with exercise physiologist Carol Sames, PhD, oncology nurse Susan...

Curbing street violence; understanding breast cancer; blue light and eyesight: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022
November 21, 2022
Interviews with Upstate social workers Rubina Dhillon and Renee Gregg, Harvard...

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

Breast cancer researcher explains value of molecular analysis, gives overview of disease
November 10, 2022
Interview with Harvard Medical School professor and researcher Kornelia Polyak,...

Hospital at Home option; a Lyme disease patient and advocate; mammogram preparation; cellphone 'addiction': Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, July 24, 2022
July 21, 2022
Interviews with nurse administrator Diane Nanno, Lyme disease patient/advocate...

Traveling van brings mammography to women across a wide area
June 24, 2022
Interview with Wendy Hunt, program manager for Upstate's mobile mammography...

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...

Explaining the HPV vaccine and cervical cancer; avoiding lead poisoning of children: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022
February 25, 2022
Interviews with pediatric infectious disease specialist Manika Suryadevara, MD,...

HPV vaccine prevents cervical cancer
February 10, 2022
Interview with Allison Roy, MD, a gynecologic oncologist at Upstate

What's behind the mental health crisis facing kids, teens; how fertility relates to COVID virus, vaccines: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021
December 17, 2021
Interviews with chief of pediatrics Gregory Conners, MD, and child psychologist...

Ovarian cancer surgery; a diabetes drug without side effects; a disease that can threaten transplant patients: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021
December 10, 2021
Interviews with gynecologic oncologist Rinki Agarwal, MD, chemistry professor...

How the COVID-19 virus and vaccines may affect fertility, especially in men
December 6, 2021
Interview with Upstate fertility expert Kazim Chohan, PhD