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
Reasonable expectations a key to happier holidays
Advice from Upstate psychologist Rich O'Neill, PhD.
00:13:40 |
Fri 18 Dec 2015
HealthLink on Air radio show: December 20, 2015
December 20, 2015 December 20, 2015 Gynecologist Gynecologist Renee Mestad, MD Renee Mestad, MD, goes over the current contraceptive options. Psychologist, goes over the current contraceptive options…
00:51:53 |
Fri 18 Dec 2015
A historical look at a heart condition caused by infection
A cardiologist ( A cardiologist ( Harold Smulyan, MD Harold Smulyan, MD, left) and an infectious disease expert (, left) and an infectious disease expert ( Donald Blair, MD) Donald Blair, MD) from Up…
00:14:12 |
Thu 17 Dec 2015
Preventing accidental harm to kids a challenge during holidays
Securing a baby in a car seat or preventing a toddler from choking require added vigilance during the holiday season, as new foods, toys and brightly colored objects appear and the weather turns cold…
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Thu 17 Dec 2015
Holiday eating tips include thinking first, choosing well
Take a moment to think before overeating during the December holiday season and remember you can make healthy choices. That‘s the advice of Maureen Franklin, a registered dietitian nutritionist at Ta…
00:14:27 |
Mon 14 Dec 2015
A look at how big institutions are going green
Thomas Pelis Thomas Pelis Environmental concerns are now built into the way many big institutions work, and the results can also save money. Environmental concerns are now built into the way many big…
00:13:59 |
Thu 10 Dec 2015
New screenings for kids include cholesterol, depression, HIV
Beth Nelsen, MD Beth Nelsen, MD New guidelines New guidelines suggesting that all children be screened for high cholesterol, depression and HIV are based on research showing rising numbers of kids wi…
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Thu 10 Dec 2015
HealthLink on Air radio show: December 13, 2015
December 13, 2015 December 13, 2015 Upstate Upstate pediatrician pediatrician Beth Nelsen, MD Beth Nelsen, MD, discusses the new screening guidelines for children and adolescents. Health sciences lib…
00:51:53 |
Thu 10 Dec 2015
Urban gardening yields multifaceted harvest
Urban gardening programs can yield more than just fresh produce -- they can unite neighborhoods, teach life skills and promote healthy eating and social justice. Urban gardening programs can yield mo…
00:14:39 |
Fri 04 Dec 2015
Pets offer a way to learn about healthy living
People can feel so bombarded with messages about their health that they stop listening. But they might listen to a message about their pet‘s health. That‘s the “back door” to teaching people about th…
00:12:11 |
Fri 04 Dec 2015
HealthLink on Air radio show: December 6, 2015
December 6, 2015 December 6, 2015 Physical therapist Patrick VanBeveren talks about lifelong brain health. Transplant surgeon Physical therapist Patrick VanBeveren talks about lifelong brain health. …
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Fri 04 Dec 2015
New transplant surgeon performs kidney, pancreas surgeries
Upstate Upstate 's new transplant surgery chief, 's new transplant surgery chief, Rainer Gruessner, MD Rainer Gruessner, MD, talks about current kidney transplant options and the various types of pan…
00:15:12 |
Wed 02 Dec 2015
HealthLink on Air radio show: November 29, 2015
November 29, 2015 November 29, 2015 Nurse practitioner Nurse practitioner Katherine "Kitty" Leonard Katherine "Kitty" Leonard and professor of nursing and professor of nursing Melanie Kalman, PhD, …
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Fri 27 Nov 2015
HealthLink on Air radio show: November 22, 2015
November 22, 2015 November 22, 2015 Gynecologist Gynecologist Renee Mestad, MD Renee Mestad, MD, tells about the new medication designed to boost a woman's libido. Endovascular neurosurgeon, tells ab…
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Fri 20 Nov 2015
Children facing surgery benefit from care from pediatric anesthesiologists
Children are not just small adults, which explains the need for pediatric anesthesiologists like Upstate‘s Children are not just small adults, which explains the need for pediatric anesthesiologists …
00:14:12 |
Fri 20 Nov 2015
So-called 'female Viagra' offers limited promise, many side effects
“The female Viagra” is a misleading name for a new drug for women struggling with low or no sexual desire, and while it shows some promise, it comes with limitations, says “The female Viagra” is a mi…
00:13:31 |
Mon 16 Nov 2015
Best flu season advice: Get your flu shot
The average person's best protection against the flu is an annual shot, and everyone over the age of six months should get vaccinated, with few exceptions, says The average person's best protection a…
00:13:29 |
Mon 16 Nov 2015
HealthLink on Air radio show: November 15, 2015
November 15, 2015 November 15, 2015 On this week's edition of On this week's edition of Upstate Medical University Upstate Medical University 's "HealthLink on Air": 's "HealthLink on Air": Bruce…
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Mon 16 Nov 2015
Chemotherapy patients more concerned with bedside manner than painful touching, researchers find
An Upstate nurse practitioner was surprised to learn through An Upstate nurse practitioner was surprised to learn through her own research her own research that patients undergoing chemotherapy are n…
00:14:17 |
Thu 05 Nov 2015
New stroke team neurosurgeon offers open as well as minimally invasive surgical options
The surgical option for patients suffering from stroke used to be limited to traditional open surgery. Advances in radiology have made it possible for specially trained neurosurgeons, called endovasc…
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Thu 05 Nov 2015
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