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New program helps the uninsured afford prescription medications

New program helps the uninsured afford prescription medications

September 9, 2022

Interview with Upstate pharmacists Eric Balotin and Meaghan Murphy


How vitamin A deficiency can affect vision

How vitamin A deficiency can affect vision

September 6, 2022

Interview with Upstate ophthalmologist Mark Breazzano, MD


What to consider before buying a hearing aid over the counter

What to consider before buying a hearing aid over the counter

September 2, 2022

Interview with Upstate audiologist Erin Bagley, AuD


What to expect during a hospital stay

What to expect during a hospital stay

August 26, 2022

Interview with Karen Wentworth and Tina Passett from the Office of Patient Experience at Upstate University Hospital


Unique trial  aims to control seizures using regenerative human cell therapy

Unique trial aims to control seizures using regenerative human cell therapy

August 26, 2022

Interview with Upstate neurosurgeon Harish Babu, MD, PhD


What did the pandemic teach public health experts?

What did the pandemic teach public health experts?

August 24, 2022

Interview with public health and preventive medicine chair Christopher Morley, PhD


School year COVID outlook: Smoother ride likely, but fasten your seat belts

School year COVID outlook: Smoother ride likely, but fasten your seat belts

August 24, 2022

Interview with pediatric infectious disease specialist Joe Domachowske, MD


Home tests for breathing capacity work well for many ALS patients, streamline their care

Home tests for breathing capacity work well for many ALS patients, streamline their care

August 19, 2022

Interview with neurophysiologist Eufrosina Young, MD, director of the ALS Clinic at Upstate


Updated guidelines on home COVID tests explained by public health expert

Updated guidelines on home COVID tests explained by public health expert

August 19, 2022

Interview with public health and preventive medicine chair Christopher Morley, PhD


  Poison Center urges precaution about marijuana edibles, with spike in number of kids affected

Poison Center urges precaution about marijuana edibles, with spike in number of kids affected

August 16, 2022

Interview with Vincent Calleo, MD, medical director of the Upstate New York Poison Center


 New procedure treats enlarged prostates with water jets

New procedure treats enlarged prostates with water jets

August 5, 2022

Interview with Upstate urologist Hanan Goldberg, MD


 Ombudsman program for nursing homes seeks volunteers

Ombudsman program for nursing homes seeks volunteers

August 5, 2022

Interview with Rebecca Alder, manager of the long-term-care ombudsman program at Arise Child and Family Services


Researchers probe connections of herpesviruses to Alzheimer's disease

Researchers probe connections of herpesviruses to Alzheimer's disease

July 21, 2022

A possible connection between herpesviruses and Alzheimer's is being explored in the laboratory of Eain Murphy, PhD, at Upstate.


Does long COVID lead to insomnia?

Does long COVID lead to insomnia?

July 15, 2022

Interview with neurologist Antonio Culebras, MD


How a checkpoint inhibitor helped arrest rectal cancer

How a checkpoint inhibitor helped arrest rectal cancer

July 8, 2022

Interview with Upstate oncologist Merima Ramovic, DO


'Schwartz rounds' at the hospital: a program to help the helpers

'Schwartz rounds' at the hospital: a program to help the helpers

July 8, 2022

Interview with Upstate chaplain Brigid Dunn


Understanding the revised benchmarks for child development

Understanding the revised benchmarks for child development

July 8, 2022

Interview with Upstate pediatrician Jenica O'Malley, DO


Suicide prevention hotline number becomes 988 across the U.S.

Suicide prevention hotline number becomes 988 across the U.S.

June 29, 2022

Interview with Cheryl Giarrusso of Contact Community Services in Syracuse


She had Lyme disease, then started a group to help educate about the tick-borne illness

She had Lyme disease, then started a group to help educate about the tick-borne illness

June 28, 2022

Interview with Anne Messenger of the Central New York Lyme & Tick-Borne Disease Alliance


What's behind the increased use of melatonin in children?

What's behind the increased use of melatonin in children?

June 28, 2022

Interview with toxicologist Vincent Calleo, MD, medical director of the Upstate New York Poison Center


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