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This week: ‘Jeopardy!’ contestant, hernia repair and heroin vaccine

The answer is: "She is an Upstate Medical University assistant professor in bioethics, public health and preventive medicine who appeared on 'Jeopardy!' Feb. 18 and 19."

If your reply was "Who is Rachel Fabi, PhD?" perhaps you were watching.

Fabi is back from California, where the popular television game show is recorded, and she tells about her experience as a contestant on this week’s “HealthLink on Air.”

Also this week, surgeon Moustafa Hassan and nurse navigator Shawna White explain how hernias are diagnosed and treated. And, physician scientist Stephen Thomas tells about his work on a heroin vaccine.

Tune in this Sunday, February 24 at 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.

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