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July 20, 2008

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Steven Harris, MS

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Amber Hansel

Topic: STANDARDIZED PATIENT PROGRAM

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Gary Weinstein, LCSW

Topic: SOCIAL WORK IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM

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7/20/08 Check-Up From The Neck-Up / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Check-Up From The Neck-Up & Steve Olson, RN: "Bike Helmet Safety".
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7/20/08 Interview 1

Steven Harris & Amber Hansel: Standardized patient program at SUNY Upstate's College of Medicine.
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7/20/08 Interview 2

Gary Weinstein, LCSW: Social Work in the Emergency Room.
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7/6/08 Check-Up From The Neck-Up / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Check-Up From The Neck-Up: "Re-wiring Our Brains", and Ann Botash, MD: "Child Abuse".
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7/6/08 Interview 1

Part 1: Dr. Steven Youngentob: Prenatal alcohol exposure.
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7/6/08 Interview 2

Part 2: Dr. Steven Youngentob: Prenatal alcohol exposure.
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6/29/08 Check-Up From The Neck-Up / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Check-Up From The Neck-Up, & Dr. Sharon Brangman: "The Silver Tsunami".
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6/29/08 Interview 1

Part 1: David Reed, MD and Dr. Barbara Connor: medical care in the Sudan.
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6/29/08 Interview 2

Part 2: Dr. David Reed and Dr. Barbara Connor: medical care in the Sudan.
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6/22/08 Check-Up From The Neck-UP / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Check-Up From The Neck-Up, & Upstate President David Smith, MD: "Growth Under Pressure".
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6/22/08 Interview 1

Neurosurgery senior research associate Sean Huckins: functional MRI (fMRI).
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6/22/08 Interview 2

Deborah Hermann: EM-STAT (Emergency Medicine Simulation Technology & Training) Center & paramedic training.
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6/15/08 Check-Up From The Neck-Up / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Check-Up From The Neck-Up, & Dr. John McCabe: "Heart Attack After Hours".
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6/15/08 Interview 1

Spinal surgery specialist Dr. Ross Moquin: The new O-arm portable 3-D CT scanner.
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6/15/08 Interview 2

Geriatrician Dr. Sharon Brangman: Alzheimer's treatment.
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6/08/08 Check-Up From The Neck-Up / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Check-Up From The Neck-Up: "Exercise...Forget About It" and Dr. John McCabe: "Emergency Response To Natural Disasters".
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6/08/08 Interview 1

Upstate President David R. Smith, MD, considers SUNY Upstate's forward momentum of the last two years, plans for the near future, and medicine's new and healthy regard for patient's viewpoint.
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6/08/08 Interview 2

Genetic Counselor Bonnie Braddock: Discrimination by health insurers & employers based on genetic information.
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6/1/08 Check-Up From The Neck-Up / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Check-Up From The Neck-Up, and Dr. James Knoll: mass murderers.
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6/1/08 Interview 1

Forensic psychiatrist Dr. James Knoll: Mass murderers & school shootings.
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6/1/08 Interview 2

University Hospital chaplain Jerry Shave: 41 years as a hospital chaplain.
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5/25/08 Check-Up From The Neck-Up / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Check-Up From The Neck-Up & Ross Moquin, MD: Brain Tumors.
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5/25/08 Interview 1

Thomas Welch, MD, Upstate's Chair of Pediatrics: "Hospitalists".
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5/25/08 Interview 2

Jennifer Moffat, PhD: Shingles.
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5/18/08 Check-Up From The Neck-Up / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Check-Up From The Neck-Up: "Getting Happier"; & Mary Nelson's Youth Day Barbecue.
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5/18/08 Interview 1

Shelly Clark, BSN: University Hospital - CNY's 1st NYS designated stroke center.
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5/18/08 Interview 2

Michael Zuber, PhD: his evolution as a scientist and research on the retina.
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05/11/08 Check-Up From The Neck-Up / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Check-Up From The Neck-Up: "Making Mom Happy, or, What Goes Around Comes Around " and Dr. Brian Reiger: "War Concussions Linked to Stress".
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05/11/08 Interview 1

Pt. 1: Karen Kemmis, DPT, MS, CDE and Cheryl Dunseath, BSN: Osteoporosis and Exercise.
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05/11/08 Interview 2

Pt. 2: Karen Kemmis, DPT, MS, CDE and Cheryl Dunseath, BSN: Osteoporosis and Exercise.
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5/4/08 Check-Up From The Neck-Up / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Check-Up From The Neck-Up: "Stress", & Rochele Clark: Obesity linked to Stroke.
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5/4/08 Interview 1

Organ Donation - the critical need, shortage and myths.
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5/4/08 Interview 2

Organ Donation from the donor and recipient perspective.
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4/27/08 Check-Up From The Neck-Up / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Check-Up From The Neck-Up: "From Driven to Livin'"; & Rosemarie Nelson: personal medical records.
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4/27/08 Interview 1

Kari Fitzgerald, parent of an autistic child, and Carroll Grant, PhD: Autism.
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4/27/08 Interview 2

Autism expert Carol Gray.
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4/20/08 Check-Up From The Neck-Up / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Check-Up From The Neck-Up: "Commitment Leads to Joy"; & Dr. Robert Carhart: Vytorin controversy.
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4/20/08 Interview 1

Pt. 1: Child psychiatrist Dr. Robert Gregory, discusses and offers strategies to prevent teen suicides.
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4/20/08 Interview 2

Pt. 2: Child psychiatrist Dr. Robert Gregory, discusses and offers strategies to prevent teen suicides.
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4/13/08 Check-Up From The Neck-Up / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Check-Up From The Neck-Up: "Congrats! You Just Graduated From Doctor School, Doctor"; & Dr. Robert Gregory on teen suicide.
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4/13/08 Interview 1

Robert Olick, JD, PhD, from the Center for Bioethics & Humanities at Upstate, discusses Advance Directives.
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4/13/08 Interview 2

Elise Calvi, Upstate medical library curator, discovers a mystery in the Class of 1885.
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04/06/08 Check-Up From The Neck-Up / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Check-Up From The Neck-Up: "Snow Drops", & Dr. Ruth Weinstock: Diabetes.
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04/06/08 Interview 1

Upstate student Jennifer O'Reilly talks about Match Day.
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04/06/08 Interview 2

Upstate's president, Dr. David Smith, "stumps" for the March of Dimes, its April 27 March for Babies, and the war against prematurity and birth defects.
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3/30/08 Check-Up From The Neck-Up / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Check-Up From The Neck-Up: "Which Holiday Has the Most Mail", & Dr. Irene Sills: STD's.
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3/30/08 Interview 1

Rev. Louise Shepard, Dr. Ran Anbar & Amy Grosso talk about a new book that chroncles real life stories of hospitalized children as written by their parents.
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3/30/08 Interview 2

Psychologist Richard O'Neill considers the implications of the mental health parity bill just passed by the House of Representatives.
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3/23/08 Checkup From the Neckup / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Checkup From The Neckup: Dr. O'Neill considers the Easter Bunny and the true rather than fantastical reason for his existence.
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3/23/08 Interview 1

Dr. John McCabe gives clarity to the often muddy pool of medical certifications.
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3/23/08 Interview 2

Dean of student affairs Julie White explains medical student's "match day", and Jennifer Welch offers tips on how to get into medical school.
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03/16/08 Checkup From the Neckup / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Checkup From the Neckup: "How To Test Your Balance If You've Had Too Much To Drink", and student Diane St. Fleur talks about the Sarah Loguen Scholarship.
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03/16/08 Interview 1

Child Life Specialist Marsha Kernan explains the role of the child life specialist at University Hospital and the soon-to-open Golisano Children's Hospital.
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03/16/08 Interview 2

Nurse practitioner Phyllis Bazen describes the physiology of sickle cell disease and the positive impact of preventive efforts and the negative impact of chronic pain.
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03/09/08 Checkup From the Neckup / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Checkup From The Neckup: "Cat-itude" Is Everything; and Dr. Joe Domachowski discusses the flu.
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03/09/08 Interview 1

Dr. Robert Carhart discusses a small Vytorin study findings.
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03/09/08 Interview 2

Dr. Lisa Kaufmann describes her Mindful Eating program, a 10 week, non diet approach to healthy weight loss and improved self esteem.
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3/2/08 Checkup From the Neckup / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Checkup From the Neckup: "Spare the Rod and Grow a Calmer Brain"; and President David Smith: Upstate's plans for growth.
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3/2/08 Interview 1

Physician practice management consultant Rosemarie Nelson discusses challenges the average medical practice faces today, and technological advances on the horizon.
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3/2/08 Interview 2

Dr. John McCabe, chair of Emergency Medicine, discusses how Upstate medical residents get hands-on training through outreach programs in China, India and elsewhere.
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2/24/08 Checkup From the Neckup / News and Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Checkup From the Neckup: "Life-Shrinking Thinking"; and Dr. Cynthia Morrow, Onondaga Co. Health Commissioner: flu outbreak.
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2/24/08 Interview 1

Part 1 - Dr. Rosemary Rochford discusses her field research project in Kenya & the treatment of Burkitt's and other AIDS-associated non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
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2/24/08 Interview 2

Part 2 - Dr. Rosemary Rochford discusses her field research project in Kenya & the treatment of Burkitt's and other AIDS-associated non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
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2/17/08 Checkup From the Neckup / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Checkup From the Neckup: "Are YOU getting enough sleep?"; and Dr. Ruth Weinstock: Diabetes ACCORD study.
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2/17/08 Interview 1

Nurse Practitioners Mary MacBlane and Sue Shaw explain the roles, expertise, educational background and independent nature of nurse practitioners and the distinction between NPs and physician assistants, PAs.
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2/17/08 Interview 2

Dr. Jennifer Kelly, from the Joslin Diabetes Center in Syracuse, explains bone densitometry -- an imaging tool for measuring bone density -- when it is indicated and what it will tell you.
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2/10/08 Checkup From the Neckup / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Checkup From the Neckup: "The Secret to Staying Out of Divorce Court" and Upstate Psychologist Brian Rieger, PhD: the connection between head injuries and post traumatic stress disorder.
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2/10/08 Interview 1

Jennifer Moffat, PhD, dicusses how her research with the varicella zoster virus (VZV), which causes chicken pox, may potentially result in new drug treatments and an improved vaccine.
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2/10/08 Interview 2

Researcher Jennifer Moffat, PhD, explains how the study of disease can be greatly enhanced when mice bred with no immune system are used, referred to as severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID).
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2/3/08 Checkup From the Neckup / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Checkup From the Neckup: "Winning Mantra for the Super Bowl" and Dr. Gregory Liptak: Autism.
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2/3/08 Interview 1

Part 1: Fascinating behavioral research by Dr. Steven Youngentob on the relationship between prenatal alcohol exposure, postnatal preference for alcohol & the role the sense of smell plays in that preference.
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2/3/08 Interview 2

Part 2: Fascinating behavioral research by Dr. Steven Youngentob on the relationship between prenatal alcohol exposure, postnatal preference for alcohol & the role the sense of smell plays in that preference.
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1/27/08 Checkup From the Neckup / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Checkup From the Neckup: Dustin Hoofman says "Moove over Richard Simmons!" and Dr. Gregory Liptak: Autism.
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1/27/08 Interview 1

SUNY Upstate president Dr. David Smith and Dr. Andrea Manyon discuss Upstate's rural medicine (or RMED) program and the increasingly critical physician shortage in underserved areas.
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1/27/08 Interview 2

Geriatrician Sharon Brangman considers the 7 pains you shouldn't ignore particularly if you're over 60, and how some pains can mask other issues.
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1/20/08 Checkup From the Neckup / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Checkup From the Neckup: "Reducing Teen Conflict"; and Geriatrician Sharon Brangman: anti-inflammatory drug and Alzheimer's patients.
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1/20/08 Interview 1

Nan Songer, MS, educational specialist in University Hospital's pediatric cancer program, describes some programs designed to keep kids undergoing cancer & other treatments connected to their school and on top of their school work.
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1/20/08 Interview 2

Tim Fox, of NewsChannel 9 & coordinator of the 9 Kids Challenge (co-sponsored by SUNY Upstate Medical University), offers interesting insights into the program created to help youngsters change their unhealthy habits into healthy ones.
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1/13/08 Checkup From the Neckup / News and Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Checkup From the Neckup: "Medical Establishment & Positive Reinforcement"; and Pediatrician Richard Sills: childhood cancer.
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1/13/08 Interview 1

Part 1: RealAge author Dr. Michael Roizen, also an internist and anesthesiologist, relates how he developed the RealAge concept and provides insight into each of his five best selling "how to" books.
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1/13/08 Interview 2

Part 2: RealAge author Dr. Michael Roizen, also an internist and anesthesiologist, relates how he developed the RealAge concept and provides insight into each of his five best selling "how to" books.
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1/06/08 News & Views

University Hospital Cardiologist, Dr. Robert Carhart and Nutritionist Mary Henson.
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1/06/08 Interview 1

The Chair of Upstate's Pediatric Department, Dr. Thomas Welch, prefers to stay intimately involved with patient care and often serves as a "hospitalist" at University Hospital.
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1/06/08 Interview 2

Guests Gerald Hoffman, long-time EVP of the Onondaga County Medical Society, and Gwen Kay, PhD, SUNY Oswego discuss the new book, "The History of Local Medical Care, 1806-2006, Celebrating Physicians Past and Present".
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12/30/07 Checkup From the Neckup / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Checkup From the Neckup: "Get There From Here"; and pediatrician Thmas Welch: honey for a child's cough.
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12/30/07 Interview 1

Pediatric endocrinologist Dr. Irene Sills explores the intricate role of hormones in the growth and development of children.
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12/30/07 Interview 2

Dr. Richard Sills, director of the Waters Center for Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders, discusses sickle cell disease treatment and the progress that has been made fighting pediatric cancer & the many battles won.
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12/23/07 Checkup From the Neckup / News & Views (Noon broadcast)

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Checkup From the Neckup: "Why Santa's So Jolly"; and Howard Simon, MD: the effects of alcohol after bariatric surgery.
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12/23/07 interview 1 (Noon broadcast)

The Post Standard's Amber Smith, Health and Fitness editor, joins us to talk about local and national trends she's observing on her health beat.
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12/23/07 interview 2 (Noon broadcast)

Dr. Robert Lenox, a pulmonologist at University Hospital, discusses today's rising -- and alarming -- rate of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and bronchitis.
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12/23/07 Checkup From the Neckup / News & Views (9 am broadcast)

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Checkup From the Neckup: "Giving Just the Right Gift"; Jodie Kearns of the Joslin Diabetes Center, and Kevin Antshel, PhD.
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12/23/07 Interview 1 (9 am broadcast)

Upstate Forensic Psychiatrist Dr. James Knoll discusses the interface between law and mental health which includes psychiatric consultation in a wide variety of legal matters and clinical work with perpetrators and victims.
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12/23/07 Interview 2 (9 am broadcast)

In part 2 of the interview, Dr. James Knoll focuses on stalking and profiles the stalking mentality.
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12/09/07 Checkup From the Neckup / News & Views (re-aired on 12/16/07)

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Checkup From the Neckup: "Heapin' Helpin' Holiday"; and Paula Trief, PhD: Diabetes clinical trials. (re-aired on 12/16/07)
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12/09/07 Interview 1 (re-aired on 12/16/07)

Stroke Service Director Dr. Yahia Lodi describes the procedures uniquely employed by University Hospital which treat stroke beyond the standard 3 hour window of stroke onset.
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12/09/07 Interview 2 (re-aired on 12/16/07)

Dr. Lynn-Beth Satterly of the Department of Family Medicine and Monsignor Neal Quartier of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception discuss their collaboration on the Amaus Health Services clinic in downtown Syracuse.
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12/2/07 Checkup From the Neckup / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Checkup From the Neckup: "Joy With the World"; and pediatric endocrinologist Irene Sills.
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12/2/07 Interview 1

Neurodevelopmental pediatrician Nienke Dosa, MPH, and Jeffrey Tamburo, LMSW, discuss the new 3-year grant-funded Health Transition Training program for Youth with Developmental Disabilities.
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12/2/07 Interview 2

Urology surgeon Gabriel Haas provides the latest information related to prostate treatment and surgery including robotic prostatectomy.
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11/25/07 Checkup From the Neckup / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Checkup From the Neckup: "What Punxsutawney Phil Does in His Burrow"; and nutritionist Mary Henson.
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11/25/07 Interview 1

SUNY Upstate Psychologist Dr. Paula Trief discusses the family dynamics and emotional repercussions often associated with a chronic disease like diabetes.
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11/25/07 Interview 2

University Hospital pulmonologists Ran Anbar, specializing in pediatrics, and Dana Savici, specializing in adults, discuss the hazards, treatments and myths of asthma and the unique differences that separate adults from children and adolescents.
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11/18/07 Checkup From the Neckup / News & Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Checkup From the Neckup: "Thanksgiving Happy"; cardiologist Robert Carhart, & nutritionist Mary Henson.
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11/18/07 Interview 1

Pediatric Chaplain Louise Shepard of University Hospital describes her engaging Wednesday story hours -- Rev. Weez's Storytime -- and their often-powerful impact on children and adults alike.
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11-18-07 Interview 2

Nurse Maureen Famiglietti responds to heightened concerns surrounding children and lead poisoning and discusses prevention and treatment tactics.
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11/11/07 Checkup From the Neckup / News and Views

Dr. Richard O'Neill's Checkup from the Neckup: "Wonder Drugs You Never Heard Of"; and hemotologist/oncologist Sheila Lemke: cancer patients & flu shots.
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11/11/07 Interview 1

Part 1: Neurosurgeon Ross Moquin discusses spinal neurosurgery and military medicine.
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11/11/07 Interview 2

Part 2: Neurosurgeon Ross Moquin discusses spinal neurosurgery and military medicine.
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