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Personal history with chickenpox, vaccines is key

Personal history with chickenpox, vaccines is key

February 14, 2024

Interview with virus researcher Jennifer Moffat, PhD on the relationship of chickenpox to shingles, andreasons for the increased incidence of shingles.


Infants need human interaction for healthy development

Infants need human interaction for healthy development

February 13, 2024

Interview with Upstate physical therapist Danielle Hoose, DPT


Why some patients will also receive a new kidney

Why some patients will also receive a new kidney

January 31, 2024

Interview with Matthew Garner, MD, Upstate transplant surgeon


 Viewing a city as a place where food grows

Viewing a city as a place where food grows

January 31, 2024

Interview with Anne Bellows, PhD, and Sudha Raj, PhD, from Syracuse University


Pharmacists go beyond filling patients' prescriptions

Pharmacists go beyond filling patients' prescriptions

January 26, 2024

Interview with Christina Hyde, ND on how Upstate and other hospitals' pharmacies work to help patients afford, receive and take their medications.


Newborns are now screened for the crippling disorder

Newborns are now screened for the crippling disorder

January 24, 2024

Interview with Ai Sakonju, MD, chief of child neurology


Team of specialists can start corrective work soon after birth

Team of specialists can start corrective work soon after birth

January 24, 2024

Interview with Arthur Bigsby, DDS, maxillofacial prosthodontist at Upstate


Devices improve hearing differently than hearing aids

Devices improve hearing differently than hearing aids

January 17, 2024

Upstate audiologist Jeffrey VanTassel on how cochlear implants can help people with hearing loss to understand speech and hear more sounds.


Common winter illnesses can be tricky to tell apart

Common winter illnesses can be tricky to tell apart

January 17, 2024

Interview with Elizabeth Asiago Reddy, MD, chief of infectious disease


Living donors can make a huge difference

Living donors can make a huge difference

January 17, 2024

Interview with Toby Le Nguyen, MD, Upstate transplant surgeon


Urologists operated on severely injured soldiers

Urologists operated on severely injured soldiers

December 22, 2023

Interview with Dmitriy Nikolavsky, MD, reconstructive urologist


Whipple procedure can remove early pancreatic cancers

Whipple procedure can remove early pancreatic cancers

December 18, 2023

Surgeon Mashaal Dhir, MD discusses the Whipple procedure which helps some patients with early-stage pancreatic cancers to remove the cancer.


Newer surgical methods mean small incisions, quicker recovery

Newer surgical methods mean small incisions, quicker recovery

December 18, 2023

Interview with neurosurgeon Ali Hazama, MD on how herniated disks, spinal stenosis and fusions can be done using minimally invasive endoscopic procedures.


Slow, low-intensity exercises can benefit both sexes

Slow, low-intensity exercises can benefit both sexes

December 18, 2023

Interview with Rebecca Carey, doctor of physical therapy


Trial to weigh different treatments of TBI

Trial to weigh different treatments of TBI

December 18, 2023

Interview with neurologist Devin Burke, MD on a $32 million nationwide clinical trial for traumatic brain injury (TBI).


Procedure aims to battle cancers that spread to liver

Procedure aims to battle cancers that spread to liver

December 18, 2023

Associate Professor of Surgery and Chief of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Mashaal Dhir, MD, talks about hepatic artery infusion therapy.


Experience offers look at needs, concerns of people with disabilities

Experience offers look at needs, concerns of people with disabilities

December 6, 2023

Interview with Amelia Gabor, medical student at Upstate


Study of youths with diabetes shows poor adherence

Study of youths with diabetes shows poor adherence

December 1, 2023

Interview with Ruth Weinstock, MD, PhD, and Paula Trief, PhD


Goal is for patients to feel as if they'd never had the surgery

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


Disease can differ greatly from patient to patient

Disease can differ greatly from patient to patient

November 29, 2023

Interview with Alex Hensel, MD on how Fibromyalgia does not have a cure, but treatments are available for the disease's complications.


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