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
Upstate alum enlists website in massive project to fight Alzheimer's disease
A leading researcher hopes to monitor millions of people online in a long-term study to find out who is at risk for Alzheimer's disease. A leading researcher hopes to monitor millions of people onlin…
00:17:06 |
Fri 25 Sep 2015
HealthLink On Air radio show: September 27, 2015
September 27, 2015: September 27, 2015: Robert Kellman, MD, and Seung Shin Hahn, MD, Robert Kellman, MD, and Seung Shin Hahn, MD, provide an overview of head and neck cancers. provide an overview of …
00:51:53 |
Thu 24 Sep 2015
Jimmy Carter's melanoma underscores the importance of early detection, new treatment options
The deadliest skin cancer, melanoma, can affect the liver and brain in its later stages, as happened to former President Jimmy Carter, explains The deadliest skin cancer, melanoma, can affect the liv…
00:14:16 |
Thu 24 Sep 2015
Upstate at Home program offers urgent care house calls
An old medical custom -- the house call -- is being revived. Upstate at Home will send a doctor to homes in Syracuse‘s eastern suburbs from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily to deal with minor maladies, such …
00:12:15 |
Tue 22 Sep 2015
HealthLink On Air radio show: September 20, 2015
David Heisig, MD David Heisig, MD, explains the fecal transplant procedure., explains the fecal transplant procedure. George Starr, MD George Starr, MD, tells how the intensity of gifted children may…
00:51:53 |
Fri 18 Sep 2015
OASIS' classes provide healthy connections, lifelong learning for seniors
A piano lesson, a yoga class, a computer tutorial -- those are among the scores of offerings for adults 50 and older through A piano lesson, a yoga class, a computer tutorial -- those are among the s…
00:14:46 |
Fri 18 Sep 2015
Don't try to connect mass killings to mental illness, psychiatrist advises
The link between mental illness and mass shootings is weak, and predicting who might become a mass killer is probably impossible, despite popular notions to the contrary. That‘s the opinion of Upstat…
00:14:01 |
Fri 18 Sep 2015
Treatments can tame, not cure, bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder, which provokes dramatic mood swings and can wreck one's life, is not curable but is treatable, said Bipolar disorder, which provokes dramatic mood swings and can wreck one's life, i…
00:14:20 |
Fri 18 Sep 2015
HealthLink On Air radio show: September 13, 2015
Brian Rieger, PhD Brian Rieger, PhD, provides an update on concussion research and assessment tools., provides an update on concussion research and assessment tools. Meghan Jacobs, MD Meghan Jacobs, …
00:51:53 |
Thu 10 Sep 2015
Corporal punishment can inflict lasting damage, pediatric resident finds
Corporal punishment of children, such as spanking, is common around the world, says Corporal punishment of children, such as spanking, is common around the world, says Meghan Jacobs, MD Meghan Jacobs…
00:13:34 |
Thu 10 Sep 2015
Upstate expands pediatric diabetes care as rates among youth increase
Twenty years ago, Twenty years ago, Roberto Izquierdo, MD Roberto Izquierdo, MD, might have seen one pediatric case of Type 2 diabetes a year; now he sees 20 or 30. The increase is related to rising …
00:15:12 |
Thu 10 Sep 2015
Procedure fights bacterium as alternative to antibiotics
A virulent intestinal bacterium that is often resistant to antibiotics is being fought with an age-old practice. Clostridium difficile, or “C. diff,” can sicken or even kill patients, but a fecal tra…
00:13:59 |
Thu 10 Sep 2015
HealthLink On Air radio show: September 6, 2015
Exercise physiologist Exercise physiologist Carol Sames, PhD Carol Sames, PhD, talks about the life-long benefits of exercise for teens. Pediatrician, talks about the life-long benefits of exercise f…
00:51:53 |
Thu 10 Sep 2015
Family is seen as key to individual's therapy
Family therapy – having a whole family take part in an individual‘s therapy – can shake up relationships and open up new possibilities. Family therapy – having a whole family take part in an individu…
00:14:42 |
Thu 10 Sep 2015
Dyslexia: Learning disability or learning difference?
Dyslexia, which involves difficulty in reading, writing and spelling, can be overcome using different teaching methods, according to Dyslexia, which involves difficulty in reading, writing and spelli…
00:13:20 |
Thu 10 Sep 2015
Gifted children's behaviors can lead to mislabeling, misdiagnoses
The stereotype of the gifted child is one who does well in school but in reality can have a hard time and be mislabeled or misdiagnosed because their behaviors unsettle adults, says The stereotype of…
00:14:00 |
Wed 09 Sep 2015
Concussion researchers look beyond the injury
Public awareness of concussion, especially in sports, has increased in recent years, mirrored by an “explosion” of concussion-related research, says Public awareness of concussion, especially in spor…
00:14:18 |
Wed 09 Sep 2015
HealthLink On Air radio show: August 23, 2015
Howard Simon, MD Howard Simon, MD, goes over weight loss surgery options., goes over weight loss surgery options. George Starr, MD George Starr, MD, talks about hysteria in children., talks about hys…
00:51:53 |
Fri 21 Aug 2015
HealthLink On Air radio show: August 16, 2015
Cardiologist Cardiologist Robert Carhart, MD Robert Carhart, MD, tells about a new way of monitoring congestive heart failure. Researcher, tells about a new way of monitoring congestive heart failure…
00:51:53 |
Wed 12 Aug 2015
How latest techniques help surgeons fight cancer, other diseases of liver, pancreas, gallbladder
Obesity and drug abuse can lead to fatty liver and hepatitis C, which are major factors for developing liver cancer, according to Obesity and drug abuse can lead to fatty liver and hepatitis C, which…
00:16:01 |
Wed 12 Aug 2015
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