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Boeheims receive Upstate’s Distinguished Service award
James A. and Juli G. Boeheim Upstate Medical University presented 16 awards at its fall convocation Sept. 16. The President’s Award for Distinguished Service was given to James A. and Juli G. Boeheim....
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Baldwin Fund receives award for exemplary support of biomedical research
Carol M. Baldwin Upstate Medical University presented 16 awards at its fall convocation Sept. 16. The President’s Award for Exemplary Support of Biomedical Research was given to Carol M. Baldwin Breast...
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The most prevalent cancers treated at Upstate: lung, breast, thyroid
The top 10 cancer diagnoses, by percentage, of adult patients treated at Upstate in one year. (SOURCE: UPSTATE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL) Prostate, breast, thyroid and lung cancers are the most commonly...
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TOPS receives excellence in philanthropic service award
Upstate Medical University presented 16 awards at its fall convocation Sept. 16. The President’s Award for Excellence in Philanthropic Service, Corporate, was given to TOPS Friendly Markets. Below is...
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Why you should take pain control seriously
Pain can be a significant part of the cancer experience for many patients, some of whom are reluctant to take prescription opioids. Some patients fear becoming addicted to medications such as morphine...
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How palliative care brings comfort to suffering patients, families
BY JIM HOWE A doctor hangs her head. A patient loses hope. Medicines haven’t worked. Surgery is not an option. Frustration, fright, even anger fills the air. Susan Shaw, nurse practitioner (PHOTO BY...
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She was willing to donate bone marrow to a stranger. Are you?
Donor Elizabeth Filkins with the man who received her bone marrow Elizabeth Filkins of Antwerp was inspired to join the National Marrow Donor database because a friend of a friend was battling cancer....
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Ronald Angona, Jr. receives President’s Award
Upstate Medical University presented 16 awards at its fall convocation Sept. 16. The President’s Award for Outstanding Voluntary Faculty Service, College of Health Professions, was given to Ronald E....
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Making music helps kids with autism connect with others
Zachary Cottell, 4, responds to a musical prompt, or rhythm seed, by drumming with purple plastic tubes (boom whackers) at an interactive concert for people affected by autism. The concert was part of...
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Boeheims receive Upstate’s Distinguished Service award
James A. and Juli G. Boeheim Upstate Medical University presented 16 awards at its fall convocation Sept. 16. The President’s Award for Distinguished Service was given to James A. and Juli G. Boeheim....
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Baldwin Fund receives award for exemplary support of biomedical research
Carol M. Baldwin Upstate Medical University presented 16 awards at its fall convocation Sept. 16. The President’s Award for Exemplary Support of Biomedical Research was given to Carol M. Baldwin Breast...
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The most prevalent cancers treated at Upstate: lung, breast, thyroid
The top 10 cancer diagnoses, by percentage, of adult patients treated at Upstate in one year. (SOURCE: UPSTATE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL) Prostate, breast, thyroid and lung cancers are the most commonly...
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TOPS receives excellence in philanthropic service award
Upstate Medical University presented 16 awards at its fall convocation Sept. 16. The President’s Award for Excellence in Philanthropic Service, Corporate, was given to TOPS Friendly Markets. Below is...
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Why you should take pain control seriously
Pain can be a significant part of the cancer experience for many patients, some of whom are reluctant to take prescription opioids. Some patients fear becoming addicted to medications such as morphine...
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How palliative care brings comfort to suffering patients, families
BY JIM HOWE A doctor hangs her head. A patient loses hope. Medicines haven’t worked. Surgery is not an option. Frustration, fright, even anger fills the air. Susan Shaw, nurse practitioner (PHOTO BY...
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She was willing to donate bone marrow to a stranger. Are you?
Donor Elizabeth Filkins with the man who received her bone marrow Elizabeth Filkins of Antwerp was inspired to join the National Marrow Donor database because a friend of a friend was battling cancer....
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Surgery, chemo battle preschooler’s kidney tumor
Ariana LaVaute (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LAVAUTE FAMILY). Three-year-old Ariana LaVaute attended the Skaneateles Labor Day parade on Sept. 1, 2014, and then helped her father trim shrubs in their yard. A...
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O’Hara’s Teal There’s a Cure: Ovarian cancer walk/run honors Upstate nurse
The O’Hara family at the run/walk to raise money for ovarian cancer research. The annual run/walk that raises awareness for ovarian cancer changed its name to the Maureen T. O’Hara Teal There’s a Cure...
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10-year-old girl raises money to bring comfort to other pediatric cancer...
Alexa Bolton, 10, shows one of the fluffy character towels she distributes to pediatric cancer patients at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital through a fund she established. (PHOTO BY KATHLEEN PAICE...
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Future doctors pal around with pediatric patients
Upstate students Gabriella Izzo and Joe DeMari flank Connor Licamele at Paige’s Butterfly Run. Izzo and DeMari are among the 17 first- and second-year medical and public health students chosen this...
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