Category Archives: drugs/medications/pharmacy

Should you consider a clinical trial if you have cancer?

Posted on May 14, 2020 by

Clinical trials are research studies that people volunteer to join to evaluate new drugs, devices, or procedures. Most of the standard treatments used to treat cancer today were tested and shown to be effective through clinical trials — and the successful … Continue reading →

Posted in cancer, drugs/medications/pharmacy, health care, research

Recovered from COVID-19? You may be able to help others 

Posted on April 9, 2020 by

BY EMILY KULKUS Upstate Medical University is seeking patients who have recovered from COVID-19 for an emergency clinical trial. The recovered patients would donate plasma, the liquid part of their blood, to help treat severely ill patients battling the disease. The … Continue reading →

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A life-changing drug: Patients see improvement of cystic fibrosis symptoms

Posted on February 18, 2020 by

BY AMBER SMITH Brittnee Farmer, 31, is planning her wedding. She worries that the big day will be marred by her nebulizer, the machine she uses to inhale medication in a fine mist. Farmer was a preschooler when she was … Continue reading →

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Up close: Meet DIANA

Posted on November 6, 2019 by

This is the device that helps the pharmacy team in the Upstate Cancer Center mix chemotherapy medications for individual patients. The product name “DIANA” is a tribute to the ICU Medical founder and CEO’s wife, Diana Kostyra Lopez, MD, whose … Continue reading →

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She’s beating the odds, thanks to her ‘tenderhearted’ oncologist

Posted on October 25, 2019 by

BY SUSAN KEETER On an August day, Kathi Tamer and her cousins were making Lebanese string cheese. The process involves kneading hot cheese curd into braids and rolling them in caraway seeds. While they cooked, they talked about oncologist Stephen Graziano, MD, … Continue reading →

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Advice from the experts at Upstate about thong underwear, CBD and sunscreens

Posted on September 27, 2019 by

Q: What’s this I hear about sunscreen chemicals getting into my body? A: A recent study found that if you apply sunscreen under maximal conditions — frequently enough, using a high enough sun protection factor and covering adequate body surface area — some … Continue reading →

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Rethinking Kaposi sarcoma: Viral immunologist sees patient improve after treatment for inflammatory response

Posted on September 16, 2019 by

Editor’s note: This is one of three articles on Upstate’s “renegade researchers” — scientists who are providing new ways of looking at long-standing medical problems, including Kaposi sarcoma (detailed below), hydrocephalus and schizophrenia. BY AMBER SMITH Christine King, PhD, studied … Continue reading →

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 A historical look at 5 popular heart medications: Are you taking any of them?

Posted on May 3, 2019 by

BY AMBER SMITH Some of the newer cardiac drugs were chemically designed in laboratories before going through years of expensive clinical trials and eventually gaining approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Some of the older drugs, which are still … Continue reading →

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 How the Upstate pharmacy saved him $20,537.14

Posted on April 26, 2019 by

BY AMBER SMITH He went through a series of imaging tests, looking for an explanation for the pains in his stomach. After all the scans were complete, doctors delivered the news to Reginald Sanford of Syracuse. He had cancer in … Continue reading →

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Treatment for canine cancer serves as model for humans  

Posted on February 20, 2019 by

BY JIM HOWE Treating cancer in dogs aims for a twofold benefit, says a Cornell University scientist: Help the sick animal and possibly find new ways to treat cancer in people. And no, she doesn’t have a secret lab where she implants … Continue reading →

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