The Informed Patient
The Informed Patient is Upstate Medical University's podcast on health, science and medicine, featuring experts from Central New York's only academic medical center.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 1564
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Making sense of whole grains
Eating whole grains can be an important way to help people fighting weight gain, cancer, diabetes and heart disease. But finding real whole-grain products is not always easy. Upstate registered dieti…
00:14:32 |
Thu 06 Apr 2017
How to get the most from food nutrition labels
Calories will appear in larger type. Serving sizes will be more realistic. Vitamins A and C will make room for vitamin D and potassium. Those are some of the changes the Food and Drug Administration …
00:13:53 |
Thu 06 Apr 2017
Treating those at risk for suicide; outreach to fight HIV/AIDS; countering physician burnout: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, April 2, 2017
Psychiatrist Psychiatrist Robert Gregory, MD Robert Gregory, MD, explains a new treatment program for people at risk for suicide. Education specialist Nicky Jennings tells about outreach efforts to f…
00:51:52 |
Fri 31 Mar 2017
Intersex babies raise complex issues for parents, medical experts, society
"Intersex" is the medical term for people with sex characteristics that do not fit the typical definitions of male or female, and it has nothing to do with whether a person identifies as transgender.…
00:15:54 |
Thu 30 Mar 2017
Drug expert analyzes opioid, heroin epidemics, suggests ways to help
Upstate pharmacist and toxicologist William Eggleston provides an update on the epidemic of opioid and heroin abuse both nationally and locally. He goes over the dangers of addiction, as well as ways…
00:14:32 |
Thu 30 Mar 2017
Efforts underway to develop a vaccine for Zika virus
The presence of mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus is still prompting travel advisories, and there are a growing number of locally acquired Zika infections in the continental United States, as well a…
00:13:46 |
Thu 30 Mar 2017
What pet owners need to know about nutrition for their dogs and cats
Cristina Pope, director of the health sciences library at Upstate Medical University, provides an overview of pet nutrition, explaining what owners need to know about pet food labeling and how to mak…
00:13:06 |
Thu 30 Mar 2017
Treating physician burnout with a boost of resiliency
A physician who "burned out" and quit practicing medicine has teamed up with a psychologist to offer a course to help other physicians in danger of burnout. Endocrinologist Mickey Lebowitz, MD (at le…
00:14:52 |
Fri 24 Mar 2017
Helping heart, lungs to heal; baby boomers' undiagnosed diseases; evolution of a poison control center: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 26, 2017
Thoracic surgeon Thoracic surgeon Robert Dunton, MD Robert Dunton, MD, and emergency physician, and emergency physician Christopher Tanski, MD Christopher Tanski, MD, tell about a machine that can he…
00:51:52 |
Fri 24 Mar 2017
New program offers help for people age 16 to 40 struggling with suicidal thoughts
The new The new Psychiatry High Risk Program Psychiatry High Risk Program at Upstate University Hospital provides comprehensive, evidence-based treatment for people at risk for suicide between the ag…
00:13:07 |
Thu 23 Mar 2017
HIV control efforts include testing, community outreach, drug called PrEP
A medication that prevents the transmission of HIV can help quell the AIDS epidemic if the people at risk for contracting the virus reliably take the medication every day. Nicky Jennings, an educatio…
00:15:36 |
Thu 23 Mar 2017
Upstate New York Poison Center has grown, evolved over 60 years
In 1957, the first year of operation, 163 calls came in about accidental poisonings. Today the In 1957, the first year of operation, 163 calls came in about accidental poisonings. Today the Upstate N…
00:13:12 |
Thu 23 Mar 2017
Baby boomers should be on guard for pre-diabetes, high blood pressure, hepatitis C - and loneliness, says state's top doctor
Among the top health issues facing baby boomers are conditions that can often be treated successfully: pre-diabetes, uncontrolled high blood pressure and hepatitis C. State Health Commissioner Among …
00:14:08 |
Wed 22 Mar 2017
How patients respond to touch; evaluating sugar, other sweeteners; when kids get anesthesia: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 19, 2017
Nursing researchers Nursing researchers Melanie Kalman, PhD Melanie Kalman, PhD, and, and Katherine "Kitty" Leonard Katherine "Kitty" Leonard talk about what touch means to patients undergoing chemot…
00:51:53 |
Fri 17 Mar 2017
A team approach to treating melanoma; how cancer death rates have changed; avoiding injury when using smartphones, tablets: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 12, 2017
Scott Albert, MD Scott Albert, MD, describes Upstate's multi-specialist team approach to treating melanoma, a skin cancer., describes Upstate's multi-specialist team approach to treating melanoma, a …
00:51:52 |
Fri 10 Mar 2017
Expanding the use of a heart-lung machine
ECMO -- that's short for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation -- is a medical technology that helps a variety of patients, including premature babies and adults whose hearts and/or lungs can heal bett…
00:15:13 |
Thu 09 Mar 2017
Upstate Cancer Center offers team approach to treating melanoma
Melanoma accounts for only about 1 percent of skin cancers, but it's the skin cancer most likely to grow and spread, and the deadliest. A multi-specialist team at the Upstate Cancer Center helps pati…
00:14:44 |
Thu 09 Mar 2017
Complexities of multiple sclerosis; mental and physical wellness for people with cancer; restoring, preserving cartilage and replacing joints: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 5, 2017
Neuropsychologist Neuropsychologist Dominic Carone, PhD Dominic Carone, PhD, discusses the complexities of multiple sclerosis. Rehabilitation psychologist, discusses the complexities of multiple scle…
00:51:52 |
Fri 03 Mar 2017
Cartilage preservation and restoration options from an orthopedic surgeon
It used to be that an injured athlete with cartilage damage tried anti-inflammatory medicine, a brace or steroid injections. If those methods didn‘t help, the athlete often had to live with pain. Tod…
00:13:35 |
Fri 03 Mar 2017
Overall cancer survival rates are improving
The American Cancer Society projects almost 1.7 million people will be diagnosed with cancer in 2017. That's a lot of people, but the outlook for most of them is much better today than if they'd been…
00:13:21 |
Fri 03 Mar 2017
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