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
- 1560
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Common injuries and treatments of the upper extremities explained
Orthopedic surgeon Orthopedic surgeon Joshua Pletka, MD, Joshua Pletka, MD, explains common arm, shoulder and hand problems like fractures, rotator cuff injuries, carpal tunnel syndrome and trigger f…
00:15:26 |
Thu 18 Feb 2016
What is eye inflammation and how is it treated?
Ophthalmologist Ophthalmologist Robert Swan, MD, Robert Swan, MD, explains uveitis, or inflammation of the eye, and how it can result from infection, injury, or more commonly, autoimmune diseases, su…
00:14:29 |
Thu 18 Feb 2016
Upstate trains advocates to spread healthy messages through neighborhoods
Through a partnership with the Through a partnership with the Syracuse Housing Authority Syracuse Housing Authority, , Upstate Upstate is helping to reduce health disparities in public housing neighb…
00:14:11 |
Thu 04 Feb 2016
New guidelines say children should be screened for high cholesterol
Children between age 9 and 11, and again between 18 and 21, should have their cholesterol checked through a blood test, according to Children between age 9 and 11, and again between 18 and 21, should…
00:13:48 |
Thu 04 Feb 2016
Health insurers now pay for lung cancer screening for smokers, former smokers
Low-dose computerized tomography scans can help locate lung cancers at the earliest, most treatable stages, says Upstate radiologist Low-dose computerized tomography scans can help locate lung cancer…
00:14:09 |
Thu 04 Feb 2016
Factors that contribute to the childhood obesity epidemic
Syracuse University professor Syracuse University professor Amy Ellen Schwartz, PhD Amy Ellen Schwartz, PhD, examines factors that may influence America's obesity epidemic in schoolchildren. She has …
00:16:19 |
Thu 04 Feb 2016
Varied menu, sufficient fluids important in senior citizen diets
Ensuring proper nutrition for senior citizens involves looking at changes in both body and lifestyle, say two registered dietitian nutritionists at Ensuring proper nutrition for senior citizens invol…
00:13:59 |
Wed 20 Jan 2016
'Reach' program assists those with chronic kidney disease
Treating chronic kidney disease, which can result from diabetes, high blood pressure and other causes, can involve dialysis and take over the life of a patient and his or her family. That is why at-r…
00:11:33 |
Wed 20 Jan 2016
Patient story: Surgery removes tumor while preserving adrenal gland
On top of each kidney sits an adrenal gland, which produces hormones a person cannot live without. When a tumor develops in an adrenal gland, the patient may face the removal of the entire gland and,…
00:20:55 |
Wed 20 Jan 2016
Here's how Lyme disease is diagnosed and treated
Lyme disease is treated successfully with a short course of antibiotics in most cases, but prevention is the key to controlling the disease, say two experts from Lyme disease is treated successfully …
00:21:14 |
Wed 20 Jan 2016
HealthLink on Air radio show: January 17, 2016
January 17, 2016 January 17, 2016 Stephen Graziano Stephen Graziano, MD, Upstate's division chief of hematology and oncology, shares what's new in precision medicine. Upstate's transplant division ch…
00:51:53 |
Fri 15 Jan 2016
College students exercise but need to improve 'eating competence,' SU dietitian says
Many students beginning college see a 5 percent increase in their body weight the first semester. And while 60 percent of students adopt an exercise routine, many also develop unhealthy habits, says …
00:14:55 |
Fri 15 Jan 2016
Demand for additional training by nurses driven by many factors
Nurses today are likely to have more training and to seek further training than their counterparts a generation ago, say Upstate‘s chief nursing officer, Nurses today are likely to have more training…
00:14:02 |
Thu 14 Jan 2016
Reconstructive urologist provides surgery, ongoing medical care to patients who have had gender reassignment operations
Complications often develop after a person undergoes gender reassignment surgery, and a urologist at Complications often develop after a person undergoes gender reassignment surgery, and a urologist …
00:19:56 |
Thu 14 Jan 2016
Pancreas transplants could help diabetics
Upstate Upstate 's new transplant division chief discusses how pancreas transplants would benefit some people with diabetes. 's new transplant division chief discusses how pancreas transplants would …
00:13:42 |
Thu 14 Jan 2016
New era of precision treatments on horizon for cancer patients
Advances in cancer research are ushering in precision treatments designed to be more effective and less toxic to the patient. These treatments aim to zero in on a tumor and are less concerned with wh…
00:13:57 |
Thu 14 Jan 2016
SU earth sciences professor: Fracking, all energy sources come at a price
Donald Siegel, PhD, a Syracuse University earth sciences professor, talks about fracking on Upstate's weekly talk radio show, HealthLInk on Air. Donald Siegel, PhD, a Syracuse University earth scienc…
00:14:04 |
Wed 06 Jan 2016
Active surveillance an option for some men with prostate cancer
Rakesh Khanna, MD is interviewed for Upstate's weekly talk radio show, HealthLink on Air. Rakesh Khanna, MD is interviewed for Upstate's weekly talk radio show, HealthLink on Air. Men with prostate c…
00:15:53 |
Wed 06 Jan 2016
HealthLink on Air radio show: Jan. 3, 2016
January 3, 2016 January 3, 2016 Upstate cardiologist Upstate cardiologist Harold Smulyan, MD Harold Smulyan, MD, and infectious disease expert, and infectious disease expert Donald Blair, MD Donald B…
00:51:53 |
Sat 02 Jan 2016
HealthLink on Air radio show: December 27, 2015
Professor of psychiatry Professor of psychiatry Stephen Faraone, PhD, Stephen Faraone, PhD, provides an update on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Concussion expert provides an update on att…
00:51:53 |
Sat 26 Dec 2015
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