HealthLink on Air
Sundays at 6 a.m.
“HealthLink on Air” is a 60-minute program produced since 2006 by Upstate Medical University, the academic medical center in Syracuse, NY.
“HealthLink on Air” provides a weekly dose of information on health and medical issues affecting central New Yorkers. The program showcases health professionals and researchers from Upstate Medical University, Upstate University Hospital, the central New York community and those visiting the region who are involved with health care issues and events. The interviews are permanently archived online.
For more information, visit the HealthLink on Air website.
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Psychiatrist Joseph Strayhorn discusses aggression and violence and ways to lessen them. Trauma social worker Tafara Timmons talks about Upstate University Hospital's Violence Education Prevention Outreach Program, or VEPOP. Emergency physician Jay Brenner gives advice for bringing a senior to the emergency room. -
Gynecologist Maureen Burke discusses the changes that are part of menopause. Nurse Kelly Reed provides tips for preventing a variety of burns. Psychiatrist Christopher Lucas explains how to curb cellphone addiction. -
Hematologist/oncologist Jade Homsi discusses how melanoma is diagnosed and the treatment options for this dangerous skin cancer. Researcher Kristopher Paolino talks about the study underway that tests a treatment strategy for people with chronic Lyme disease. Geriatrician Sharon Brangman explains when someone may need to seek care from a geriatrics expert. -
Rheumatologist Patrick Riccardi discusses the improved outlook for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Pulmonologist Ronaldo Ortiz-Pacheco explains how lung biopsies are done and what the results may mean. Urologist Joseph Jacob talks about a targeted therapy that might be an option for some patients with high-risk bladder cancers who want to avoid bladder removal. -
Music therapist Clare Arezina explains how music therapy can help patients feel better. Assistant Dean of Wellness, Dr. Kaushal Nanavati, tells how artificial intelligence helps him guide patients in their food choices. Surgeon Scott Albert goes over the options for breast cancer surgery. -
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Otolaryngologist Mark Arnold discusses seasonal allergies and the various treatments for relief. Urologist Benjamin Cedars goes over the treatment options for urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction, common side effects of prostate cancer surgery. -
Radiation oncologist Anna Shapiro explains how low-dose radiation therapy can help relieve the pain of osteoarthritis. Simulation Center Director, Dr. Hesham Masoud, and director of the Standardized Patient Program, Matt Capogreco, tell about the standardized patient jobs -- portraying real patients -- for which they are recruiting. Nicholas Brennan, who is working toward both medical and doctoral degrees, explains his research, which focuses on the mechanism of muscle atrophy and aging. -
Director of pediatric hospital medicine, Dr. Melissa Schafer, discusses sepsis treatment in children. Psychiatrist Luba Leontieva tells about late-onset bipolar disorder. Vision researcher Levi Todd explains his quest to learn how to restore sight when the retina is damaged by disease or injury. -
Chief of dental surgery, Patrick Smith, explains how fluoride safely protects teeth. Bioethicist L. Syd Johnson provides perspective on xenotransplantation, when organs from animals are transplanted into humans. Geriatrics chief Sharon Brangman discusses whether memory problems signal dementia.
