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  • Chicago's offense gave pitcher Jake Arrieta an early lead to win the game 9-3 and even the Series. The decisive Game 7 will be played Wednesday in Cleveland.
  • No. 22 seed Frances Tiafoe defeats Rafael Nadal to end the Spaniard's 22-match Grand Slam winning streak and reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the first time.
  • Geneticist and microbiologist Nathan Tucker shares his research into how exercise can lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease. Exercise physiologist Carol Sames talks about a study showing that exercise improves survival rates for people who have had colon cancer. Family nurse practitioner Dana Ruth talks about the most common forms of skin cancer: squamous cell and basal cell carcinoma, and melanoma. And toxicologist Michael Hodgman explains what's important to know about marijuana edibles.
  • Physical therapist Molly Torbitt discusses fear of falling. Upstate Global Health Institute director, Dr. Stephen Thomas tells about a new clinical trial underway of a vaccine to prevent C. diff, one of the most common health care-associated infections in the world. Dr. Reza Saidi, director of Upstate's Kidney Transplant Program, tells how and why the percentage of living donor kidney transplants has increased.
  • Radiation oncologist Anna Shapiro explains how low-dose radiation therapy can help relieve the pain of osteoarthritis. Simulation Center Director, Dr. Hesham Masoud, and director of the Standardized Patient Program, Matt Capogreco, tell about the standardized patient jobs -- portraying real patients -- for which they are recruiting. Nicholas Brennan, who is working toward both medical and doctoral degrees, explains his research, which focuses on the mechanism of muscle atrophy and aging.
  • Emergency physician Erin Underriner talks about Lyme carditis, a potentially dangerous complication of untreated Lyme disease that affects the heart. Pediatrician Nienke Dosa and Julia Duff, executive director of the Spina Bifida Association of New York State, explain what is understood about spina bifida. Pediatric oncologist Melanie Comito discusses how rates of recurrence of a common childhood leukemia were reduced in a clinical trial involving 26 kids from the Upstate Cancer Center. And urologist Joseph Jacob advises seeing a doctor if you notice blood in your urine.
  • The Upstate Golisano Pediatric After Hours Care medical director, Dr. Phillip Mackewicz, advises what sorts of illnesses and injuries are best treated at After Hours, as the program relocates to downtown Syracuse, across the street from Upstate University Hospital. Exercise physiologist Carol Sames explains a study that shows how exercise fights breast cancer recurrence. Upstate's Norton College of Medicine student Michael Sun shares a paper he co-wrote about skin conditions that may arise with urologic cancers.
  • 2017 was a busy year for Twitter, with records broken for most retweets and likes. Former President Barack Obama had several of the year's most popular tweets.
  • A poll finds that 75 percent wants Congress to either leave the law alone or wait to repeal it until they have a new law. For most people, controlling high health care costs is top priority.
  • Many spent their careers training on the mountains they'll be competing on at the Winter Games. Lindsey Vonn wanted to stage a comeback on these slopes and Jessie Diggins won her first World Cup there.
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