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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

Interview with surgeon Mashaal Dhir, MD


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.


Condition can lead to heart failure

Condition can lead to heart failure

November 29, 2023

Interview with Cynthia Taub, MD, Upstate cardiologist on cardiac amyloidosis - how it develops, and how its diagnosed and treated.


Program monitors patients, provides specialized care

Program monitors patients, provides specialized care

November 28, 2023

Interview with nurse practitioner Kristin Ramella and nurse Sarah Bobenhausen


Rapidly evolving technology lacks guidelines, rules or laws

Rapidly evolving technology lacks guidelines, rules or laws

November 27, 2023

Serife Tekin, PhD, explains some of the ethical concerns surrounding artificial intelligence as the technology rapidly advances.


Experts stress need to keep pot edibles, especially candies, locked up

Experts stress need to keep pot edibles, especially candies, locked up

November 27, 2023

Toxicologist Michael Hodgman, MD discusses the challenges arising from the increased frequency of Cannabis intoxication in children.


Guidelines take years of cigarette smoking into account

Guidelines take years of cigarette smoking into account

November 27, 2023

Surgeon Michael Archer, DO discusses why screening people who are high risk for lung cancer is improving the disease's survival rates.


Many patients eligible for speedy discharge after surgery

Many patients eligible for speedy discharge after surgery

November 27, 2023

Interview with Upstate nurses Lia Fischi and Pete Jaskula


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