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Monthly Archives: August 2017
Limiting Lyme disease: How you can protect yourself and your family
Sixteen of every 100,000 New Yorkers were infected with Lyme disease in 2015, the latest year for which statistics are available. In 2015, 95 percent of Lyme diagnoses came from 14 states, including New York. Lyme disease is caused by … Continue reading
Posted in arthritis, health care, heart/cardiovascular, infectious disease, medical student, patient story, public health
Tagged Exodus scapulars, Lyme carditis, Lyme disease, tick prevention, tick removal
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Resident physician sees increasing awareness of a common mental disorder
BY JIM HOWE Upstate graduate Nicole Cifra, MD, trained with a mentor who told her of his early years as a doctor, some 35 years prior. When he heard a patient had anorexia, he had no idea what that was … Continue reading
Posted in adolescents, diet/nutrition, health care, medical student, mental health/emotional health, psychology/psychiatry, weight loss
Tagged anorexia, bulimia, dieting, eating disorders
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Geocaching booklet shows one way people with disabilities can enjoy nature
Real-life scavenger hunts using GPS assistance can involve people with developmental disabilities. A booklet called “Accessible Geocaching” explains how to find accessible nature areas and instructions for novice geocachers. It’s an effort to promote inclusion of young adults with developmental … Continue reading
Posted in disability, health care, sustainability/environment, technology
Tagged accessibility to the handicapped, accessible geocaching, developmental disabilities, Fitness Inclusion Network, geocaching, handicapped accessiblity
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Sticking to it: Kali Club offers enjoyable route to self-defense skills
BY JIM HOWE About two dozen people battle each other with wooden sticks every week on the Upstate campus, displaying skills that look like a mix of a fencing class, a pirate raid and a street brawl. But no one … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, fitness, health care
Tagged arnis, escrima, eskrima, Filipino martial arts, kali, kali club, martial arts, stick fighting
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Mystery at the lake: Researchers uncover deadly potential of obscure, long-buried chemicals
BY JIM HOWE Among the industrial wastes that have polluted Syracuse’s Onondaga Lake for decades are two “mystery compounds” related to – and apparently more toxic than – the banned pesticide DDT. Scientists from Upstate Medical University, Syracuse University and … Continue reading
Posted in health care, public health, research, sustainability/environment
Tagged 1-Phenyl-1-(2, 1-Phenyl-1-(p-Tolyl)-Ethane, 4-Xylyl)-Ethane, Allied Corp., chemical pollution, chemicals in the environment, DDT, diphenylethanes, industrial waste, Onondaga Lake, Onondaga Lake contamination, Onondaga Lake pollution, pTE, PXE, seizures
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Upstate stroke neurologists care for patients in remote areas
BY AMBER SMITH This is a story about two women, living in different parts of rural Central New York. Each suffered a stroke. Each had a loved one who summoned help. Each saw a stroke neurologist from Upstate University Hospital … Continue reading
Posted in brain/neurology, brain/spine/neurosurgery, emergency medicine/trauma, health care, patient story, stroke, technology
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Open wide and say ‘aha!’: Urologist looks to patient’s mouths for help repairing urethral strictures
BY AMBER SMITH Only an innovative scientist with expertise in reconstructive urology would look at the inside lining of the cheek and wonder how those cells would behave if transplanted into the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the … Continue reading
Posted in health care, HealthLink on Air, research, surgery, urology
Tagged buccal mucosa, liquid grafts, minimally invasive surgery, minimally invasive urologic surgery, reconstructive urology, urethral strictures, urologic surgery innovations
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Disability is a matter of both perception and reality
BY JIM HOWE Defining who have disabilities and how to meet their health needs is tricky because there is no standard formula and because disabilities can take so many forms. Some researchers look at disability as a medical problem needing … Continue reading
Posted in disability, health care, physical therapy/rehabilitation
Tagged people with disabiiity
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