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Meet Upstate’s newest stroke experts
(From left) Hesham Masoud, MBBCh, Amar Swarnkar, MD, and Grahame Gould, MD, are colleagues at Upstate. (PHOTO BY ROBERT MESCAVAGE) Physicians armed with skill and knowledge can be the difference...
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Here’s how your brain can help improve Alzheimer’s diagnoses
Upstate alumnus and Alzheimer’s disease researcher Michael Weiner, MD, is shown with an MRI scanner at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle/Polaris)...
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How to safely keep — and dispose of — medications in your home
Pediatric pharmacists Kelly Steidl, Jeni Burgess and Meg Anderson. (PHOTO BY DEBBIE REXINE) Storing medications securely Children, the elderly and anyone who takes more than three medications are at...
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Yes, your child is at risk of being bullied — more than you may realize
Up to 30 percent of sixth- to 10th-graders bully or are bullied. By Ann S. Botash, MD In my experience as a pediatrician specialist for the evaluation of children who are suspected of being abused,...
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Operation Honduras: They volunteer by providing eye surgery
(From left) Syracuse ophthalmologists Thomas Bersani, MD, and Robert Weisenthal, MD, with their Honduran colleagues Drs. Alicia Ponce and Luis Danilo in from of a portrait of the clinic’s founder, Luis...
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A big-screen cameo and real-life remembrances for an Upstate surgeon
A still from the independent film “The Lennon Report,” about the death of former Beatle John Lennon. (FRANCISCO PRODUCTIONS) In an indie movie appearing at film festivals, actor Evan Jonigkeit plays...
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Concussion experts assess head injury assessment tools
Kenneth Slack, a student athlete on the Le Moyne College soccer team, is part of a control group for a study at Upstate Medical University of the tools that assess brain function in concussion cases....
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3 things to do before getting pregnant
Family planning expert Renee Mestad, MD, gives this advice to women before they begin trying to conceive: Stop smoking. Smoking interferes with ovulation, the ability of the egg to move through the...
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Specialized surgeons treat cancers, plus other diseases of liver,...
Upstate hepatobiliary surgeons Dilip Kittur, MD (left), and Ajay Jain, MD, care for patients with diseases of the pancreas, liver or gallbladder. (PHOTO BY SUSAN KAHN) Surgeons with a hepatobiliary...
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Sleep first: 7 tips for healthy slumber
Good sleep habits become even more crucial when a person is dealing with cancer. After a diagnosis, people understandably may develop anxiety and/or depression, both of which can impact their ability...
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