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Procedure to establish a cause of death can yield useful information

Procedure to establish a cause of death can yield useful information

August 18, 2023

Pathologist Robert Stoppacher, MD who oversees the University Hospital Autopsy...


Ceremony commemorates value of body donation to science

Ceremony commemorates value of body donation to science

May 2, 2023

Interview with Dana Mihaila, MD, PhD, Anatomical Gift Program director


Suicides top list of firearm-related deaths and injuries

Suicides top list of firearm-related deaths and injuries

March 17, 2023

Interview with public health researcher Margaret Formica, PhD


How the kidney waiting list works; patients with impaired consciousness; helping someone with cancer: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 13, 2022

How the kidney waiting list works; patients with impaired consciousness; helping someone with cancer: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 13, 2022

March 11, 2022

Interviews with transplant surgery chief Reza Saidi, MD, ethicist and...


How to celebrate the holidays safely in a pandemic; hemorrhoid problems and treatments; making your medical last wishes known in advance: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020

How to celebrate the holidays safely in a pandemic; hemorrhoid problems and treatments; making your medical last wishes known in advance: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020

November 13, 2020

Interviews with Assistant Dean of Wellness Kaushal Nanavati, MD, colorectal...


A psychiatrist copes with - and writes about - kidney cancer

A psychiatrist copes with - and writes about - kidney cancer

May 15, 2019


ADHD's genetic component; disease outbreaks and civil unrest; issues surrounding death and dying: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 3, 2019

ADHD's genetic component; disease outbreaks and civil unrest; issues surrounding death and dying: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 3, 2019

February 28, 2019


End-of-life issues - palliative care, quality of life, assisted suicide - explored in new book

End-of-life issues - palliative care, quality of life, assisted suicide - explored in new book

February 22, 2019


How members of the health care system will implement a 'Zero Suicide' project

How members of the health care system will implement a 'Zero Suicide' project

September 20, 2018


Changing views on cervical cancer screening; top medical issues facing New York state; health care for local refugees: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018

Changing views on cervical cancer screening; top medical issues facing New York state; health care for local refugees: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018

August 15, 2018


State medical society president - an Upstate graduate - discusses key health issues

State medical society president - an Upstate graduate - discusses key health issues

August 10, 2018


Finding a mental health care provider; a doctor for the homeless; a case for hospital ethics consultants: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018

Finding a mental health care provider; a doctor for the homeless; a case for hospital ethics consultants: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018

August 3, 2018


Treating ADHD in adults; explaining advance directives; vaginal rejuvenation by laser: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 18, 2018

Treating ADHD in adults; explaining advance directives; vaginal rejuvenation by laser: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 18, 2018

March 16, 2018


Making your health care wishes known

Making your health care wishes known

March 8, 2018


Update on the flu and flu shots; palliative care's unique role; robotically assisted surgery: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018

Update on the flu and flu shots; palliative care's unique role; robotically assisted surgery: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018

January 26, 2018


Choosing care that focuses on relief of cancer's symptoms, rather than a cure

Choosing care that focuses on relief of cancer's symptoms, rather than a cure

January 18, 2018


Remote device helps certain heart patients; latest on smoking, vaping; gun violence as public health issue: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017

Remote device helps certain heart patients; latest on smoking, vaping; gun violence as public health issue: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017

January 2, 2018


Protecting yourself from sexually transmitted diseases; how cancer survival rates have improved; avoiding injury when using smartphones, tablets: Upstate Medical University’s HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017

Protecting yourself from sexually transmitted diseases; how cancer survival rates have improved; avoiding injury when using smartphones, tablets: Upstate Medical University’s HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017

December 21, 2017


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