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Howard Simon, MD: The pros and cons of gastric band weight loss surgery
Ann Hendrickson, RN: Walking- the simplest hospital prescription
Seethalakshmi Ramanathan, PSYD: Are recession babies prone to be delinquent teens?
Derek Cooney, MD and Troy Hogue: ‘What’s Your Emergency?’ – When to call an ambulance
Deirdre Neilen, PhD: The Healing Muse
Dr. Richard O’Neill’s Check-Up From The Neck-Up: Stress management…or bubble lovely
Dr. Richard O’Neill shares his strategy for calming down, or ‘getting centered’, when the brain goes into overdrive and life feels out of control.
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Terry Podolak, RD, our ‘Healthy Eats’ expert, offers lots of great tips for healthy summer grilling. Read the story: Dietitians say summer grilling can offer healthy options in meat, produce
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Terry Podolak, RD, registered dietitian at Upstate University Hospital, describes the concept of ‘mindful eating’ – an awareness of hunger and fullness, eating triggers, how to recognizing the difference between physical and non-physical hungers and how to cope in a healthy way. Read more about: The Center for Mindful Eating (TCME)
Upstate dietitian Terry Podolak, RD, introduces ‘Healthy Eats’, a new segment focusing on nutrition and ‘mindful eating’. In this edition, Podolak shares one of her favorite books, “The Jungle Effect” by Daphne Miller, MD, and explains how it can help you eat right and improve your health and mood. The book suggests moving away from the standard American diet, and to look at ancestral recipes and traditions. Read more: The Center for Mindful Eating (TCME).
Terry Podolak, RD, registered dietitian at Upstate University Hospital, describes the concept of ‘mindful eating’ – an awareness of hunger and fullness, eating triggers, how to recognizing the difference between physical and non-physical hungers and how to cope in a healthy way. Read more about: The Center for Mindful Eating (TCME)
Dr. Richard O’Neill shares some surprising findings from a new study on the Mediterranean diet and heart disease, and the psychological prospective. Read about the study: Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet, from the New York Times. Mediterranean Diet Shown to Ward Off Heart Attack and Stroke, from the New England Journal of Medicine.
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In our ‘Public Health Today’ segment, Donna Bacchi, MD, MPH, chair of Upstate’s Public Health and Preventive Medicine Department, asks us to consider the health benefits — or lack of – in a variety of available beverages, and helps us consider which are the healthiest choices.
Donna Bacchi, MD, MPH, chair of Upstate’s Public Health and Preventive Medicine Department, joins us for another edition of ‘Public Health Today’. Dr. Bacchi discusses findings from a recent study of the Mediterranean diet, which shows that eating a well rounded diet and staying away from sweets, lowers the risk of heart disease and stroke. Read the study: Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet
In response to a recent study that links increased consumption of sugar with higher diabetes rates independent of rates of obesity, Dr. Richard O’Neill delves into the psychology behind the problem – how to go about changing what you eat, changing your kids’ diet, school lunch offerings and more.
Read the study: The Relationship of Sugar to Population-Level Diabetes Prevalence: An Econometric Analysis of Repeated Cross-Sectional Data
Read the New York Times summary article: It’s the Sugar, Folks
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Dr. Richard O’Neill reveals one more reason to get a good night’s sleep — gratitude.
Read the story: Surprising Connections Between Our Well-being and Giving, Getting, and Gratitude
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Dr. Antonio Culebras, Upstate neurologist and consultant for The Sleep Center at Upstate University Hospital’s Community campus, responds to a listener’s question about sleep paralysis. Dr. Culebras also describes a full range of sleep disorders and events that occur while asleep that may lead to injuries.
To schedule an appointment with the sleep center, call 315-492-5877.
Dr. Richard O’Neill shares his delight in learning that a study has shown his favorite berries to be heart attack ‘secret’ – or not so secret – agents. Read the story: Berry-rich diet credited with one-third drop in MI risk in NHS 2 cohort
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