Beth Hillson, gluten-free chef and founder of the Gluten-Free Pantry, talks about living well with Diabetes and Celiac Disease. Hillson, diagnosed with celiac disease in 1976, is president of the American Celiac Disease Alliance and a food editor of Living Without magazine.
Read Beth’s blog at GlutenFreeMakeovers.com.
When the snow starts falling, orthopedic surgeons like Joshua Pletka will start seeing unfortunate accidents, finger amputations, hand injuries and worse. Dr. Pletka shares some suggestions and advice for people to operate snow blowers safely and reduce the risk of injury.
Upstate’s Donna Bacchi MD, MPH, and Syracuse University’s Thomas Dennison PhD talk about the “Healthy Monday” campaign. Based on the theory that ‘Monday is the January of your week’, the national initiative hopes to help end chronic preventable diseases by offering weekly prompts and programs to support people in starting and sustaining healthy behaviors.
Learn more about: Healthy Monday Syracuse – ‘the day all health breaks loose’.
Dr. Richard O’Neill shares an exercise with a simple pen that will help us listen to one another, using the ‘Systems-Centered’ training approach. Download the pen exercise.
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Lawrence Chin, MD, FACS, the new chair of The Department of Neurosurgery at Upstate Medical University, talks about brain tumors, surgery using lasers and minimally invasive spine surgery.
Learn more about The Gamma Knife Center at Upstate University Hospital.
Neurosurgeon Eric Deshaies and his patient Mary Cook reveal how Mary’s life-threatening aneurysm was repaired using a surgical glue.
Read More About:
East Syracuse teacher’s giant brain aneurysm fixed with glue
Brain Bleed MD!, Dr. Deshaies’ website to help patients learn about diseases of the brain blood vessels.
Dr. Richard O’Neill discusses lifestyle choices, and physical AND mental health.
Reference: Walsh, R., (2011) Lifestyle and mental health. American Psychologist. Oct; 66(7):579-92.
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Bill Corr, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, sheds some light on what you need to know about Medicare.
For questions about Medicare:
Medicare.gov, or call 1-800-MEDICARE.
Onondaga County Department of Aging and Youth, or call 315-435-2362.
