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The ethics of vaccine mandates and other thorny pandemic issues
September 14, 2021
Interview with Upstate associate professor of bioethics and humanities L. Syd M. Johnson, PhD

Epilepsy treatment options include surgery, neurostimulators when medication isn't sufficient
September 10, 2021
Interview with Upstate neurologist Shahram Izadyar, MD

Hospital patients need to feel listened to and cared about, rabbi reflects
September 3, 2021
Interview with Rabbi Irvin Beigel, recently retired from the Upstate spiritual care team

Pandemic sparks interest in public health careers
September 3, 2021
Interview with Christopher Morley, PhD, Upstate's chair of public health and preventive medicine

PrEP: medication that prevents spread of HIV
September 2, 2021
Interview with Nicky Ruszkowski, education specialist in the Upstate department of pediatric infectious disease

Inflammatory bowel disease has surgical options
September 2, 2021
Interview with Upstate surgeon Joseph Valentino, MD

Suicide prevention program expands to include young teens
September 2, 2021
Interview with Upstate psychiatrist Robert Gregory, MD

Anaplasmosis: a lesser-known disease spread by tick bites
August 26, 2021
Interview with Upstate infectious disease specialist Kris Paolino, MD

COVID-19's course and possible future, from an epidemiologist's vantage point
August 26, 2021
Interview with epidemiologist Brittany Kmush, PhD, of Syracuse University

Vaccine boosters and third doses: Why they are needed
August 23, 2021
Interview with Upstate's Stephen Thomas, MD, a specialist in infectious disease and vaccine development

Wastewater analysis can reveal disease spread in a community
August 20, 2021
Interview with David Larsen, PhD, an epidemiologist at Syracuse University

Understanding epilepsy and how it is diagnosed
August 20, 2021
Interview with Upstate neurologist Shahram Izadyar, MD

Youth diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at higher risk for complications than adults
August 20, 2021
Interview with Ruth Weinstock, MD, PhD, chief of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at Upstate

Explaining the pandemic's staying power
August 19, 2021
Interview with public health experts Christopher Morley, PhD, and Telisa Stewart, DrPH

Protecting unvaccinated children as school starts
August 19, 2021
Interview with pediatric infectious disease specialist Jana Shaw, MD

Expert explains what the delta variant means in the battle against COVID-19
August 3, 2021
Interview with Elizabeth Asiago-Reddy, MD, chief of infectious disease at Upstate

Phexxi, a nonhormonal gel, offers new birth control option
July 28, 2021
Interview with Renee Mestad, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Upstate

Imaging method, new medication take aim at prostate cancer
July 15, 2021
Interview with Upstate urologic cancer specialist Hanan Goldberg, MD

Counselor helps people in cancer treatment deal with medical bills
July 15, 2021
Interview with Linda Naples, financial counselor at the Upstate Cancer Center

She devoted her scientific career to the study of schizophrenia after her brother's diagnosis
July 14, 2021
Interview with research scientist Cyndi Weickert, PhD, a professor of neuroscience and physiology at Upstate