Coming up on
May 20th's Show
- "Cutting for Stone" author Abraham Verghese MD: His career as a doctor, professor and author.
- Dr. Richard O'Neill's Check-Up From The Neck-Up
5/13/12 New techniques for preserving eggs for invitro fertilization
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Dr. Shawky Badawy talks about the evolution and success of in vitro fertilization, and a new technique now offered at Upstate called vitrification.
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Upstate Medical University
Nature Medicine Study Demonstrates Eggs Can Mature From a Woman’s Own Egg Precursor Cells
5/13/12 Resistant hypertension
Internist Apurv Khanna, director of the Hypertension Clinic at Upstate, talks about ‘resistant hypertension’, or high blood pressure that is difficult to control. Dr. Khanna will discuss the reasons for this condition and the testing and treatment the clinic provides.
For more information or to schedule an appointment, call Upstate Connect 1-800-464-8668
5/13/12 Dr. Richard O’Neill’s Check-Up From The Neck-Up
Dr. Richard O’Neill: Just the right Mother’s Day gift for all ages.
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5/6/12 Reflecting on 41 years of teaching anatomy
Beloved anatomy professor N. Barry Berg is retiring after 41 years of teaching at Upstate. He talks about how he chose this path, the ways in which teaching has changed, and what students have taught him over the years.
5/6/12 Antibiotic resistance
Pediatric infectious disease specialist Joseph Domachowske discusses the issue of antibiotic resistance – how it is affecting more and more diseases, including e coli and gonorrhea – and whether there is anything we can do to make it better.
Read more about The Pediatric and Adolescent Immunology and Infectious Disease Center at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital. Read the article Dr. Domachowske refers to: Gonorrhea Could Join Growing List of Untreatable Disease, from The Scientific American.
5/6/12 Dr. Richard O’Neill’s Check-Up From The Neck-Up
Dr. Richard O’Neill talks about anxiety — what it really is and where it comes from — and finding ways to deal with it.
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4/29/12 Bird flu virus controversy

Gregory Eastwood MD and Rosemary Rochford PhD discuss the recent controversy about researchers turning the bird flu virus into a form that is easily transmissible among humans.
4/29/12 McMahon Ryan Child Advocacy Center
Pediatrician Ann Botash and child advocate Julie Cecile discuss the various forms of child abuse – neglect, physical, emotional and sexual, and tell us how to recognize the symptoms.
Read more about:
McMahon/Ryan Child Advocacy Center
To Report Suspected Child Abuse:
If a child is in immediate danger, Call 911
Onondaga County Hotline: 315-422-9701
New York State Hotline: 800-342-3720

