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  • Ohio's Twisted Citrus restaurant introduced the Rubber Duckie Mimosa, champagne and blue rasberry lemonade topped with a classic yellow rubber duck, to match its new shower curtain barrier.
  • Airlines, which have been counting on aid from Congress, were hit hard. Tech shares, which have been among the top gainers this year, also posted losses.
  • Cosmetics retailer Sephora had hoped to keep its top Paris store open until midnight. Instead, the shop must observe the traditional closing time of 9 p.m.
  • Kasem hosted one of the country's most popular countdown shows for four decades. This piece originally aired on Weekend Edition on June 15, 2014.
  • Diabetes researchers Paula Trief and Dr. Ruth Weinstock share a study about medication adherence. Surgeon Mashaal Dhir tells about hepatic artery pump infusion therapy. Medical student Amelia Gabor shares her experience with Syracuse University's InclusiveU.
  • Dr. Thomas VanderMeer, the medical director of the Upstate Cancer Center, and Michael Davoli, the American Cancer Society’s senior government relations director for New York, tell about a new law requiring health insurers to pay for biomarker testing. Syracuse University Falk College professors Anni Bellows and Sudha Raj discuss the growth in "urban foraging" to collect edible plants, nuts and flowers that grow freely throughout a city.
  • Dr. Rinki Agarwal, the medical director for gynecological cancers at the Upstate Cancer Center, explains the new self-administered Pap test and how it works. Infectious disease chief Dr. Elizabeth Asiago Reddy evaluates the mpox virus and its dangers. And endocrine chief Dr. Ruth Weinstock and Margie Greenfield, health information systems program manager, discuss advances in telehealth, or remote access to health care.
  • Microbiologist Jennifer Moffat shares research on shingles, which is affecting more young people. Physical therapist Steven Lounsbury discusses causes and treatments for low back pain. Dr. Brian Johnson and Dr. Yanli Zhang-James explain how cannabis use may reduce a person's pain tolerance.
  • Nurse Kyle Choquette tells how the new Throughput Operations Center aims to keep hospitals running smoothly. Nurse Kathy Berardi introduces Upstate's virtual nurse program, which uses real nurses working from the Throughput Operations Center. Bioethicist Jen James from the University of California, San Francisco, explains the history and current practice of forced sterilizations.
  • Emergency physician Deborah Mann discusses the increase in people with adverse reactions to marijuana products who seek emergency medical care. Psychologist Dorianne Eaves talks about a support group for those newly diagnosed with cancer. Ceara Curry Kilpatrick tells about her role as staff music chaplain at Upstate University Hospital, and Anna Gagnier shares her experience doing her internship at Upstate to become a certified music practitioner through the spiritual care program.
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