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Disease's type and severity can vary widely, need professional assessment

Disease's type and severity can vary widely, need professional assessment

February 1, 2024

Advice from Matthew Garner, MD, Upstate transplant surgeon


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


Studying brain injury; pancreatic cancer surgery; strengthening the pelvic floor: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024

Studying brain injury; pancreatic cancer surgery; strengthening the pelvic floor: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024

January 25, 2024

Interviews with Devin Burke, MD, Mashaal Dhir, MD, and Rebecca Carey, DPT


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


A wartime surgical mission; treating heart failure: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024

A wartime surgical mission; treating heart failure: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024

January 18, 2024

Interviews with Dmitriy Nikolavsky, MD, nurse practitioner Kristin Ramella and...


Taking pills as prescribed; an innovative cancer treatment; med students as teachers: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024

Taking pills as prescribed; an innovative cancer treatment; med students as teachers: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024

January 18, 2024

Interviews with Paula Trief, PhD; Ruth Weinstock, MD, PhD; Mashaal Dhir, MD; and...


Devices improve hearing differently than hearing aids

Devices improve hearing differently than hearing aids

January 17, 2024

Interview with Upstate audiologist Jeffrey VanTassel


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


Worries about AI; a treatable heart condition; fixing injured joints: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 24, 2024

Worries about AI; a treatable heart condition; fixing injured joints: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 24, 2024

January 11, 2024

Interviews with Serife Tekin, PhD, Cynthia Taub, MD, and Zachary Telgheder, MD


Kids ingesting pot; explaining fibromyalgia; speedy joint replacement: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024

Kids ingesting pot; explaining fibromyalgia; speedy joint replacement: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024

January 4, 2024

Interviews with Michael Hodgman, MD, Alex Hensel, MD, and nurses Lia Fischi and...


Explaining vasectomies; lung cancer screening; hoarding's impact on families: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023

Explaining vasectomies; lung cancer screening; hoarding's impact on families: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023

December 28, 2023

Interviews with Timothy Byler, MD, Michael Archer, DO, Lubov Leontieva, MD, PhD,...


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

Interview with surgeon Mashaal Dhir, MD


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


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


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


Guidelines take years of cigarette smoking into account

Guidelines take years of cigarette smoking into account

November 27, 2023

Interview with surgeon Michael Archer, DO


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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