lung cancer

Transplant surgeon Reza Saidi explains why obesity should not disqualify someone from a kidney transplant. Upstate New York Poison Center administrative director Michele Caliva looks back at 2022. Radiation oncologist Jeff Bogart shares research that may impact how certain lung cancers are treated.

Infectious disease chief, Dr. Elizabeth Asiago-Reddy discusses the coronavirus delta variant. Gynecologist Renee Mestad tells about a new non-hormonal method of birth control for women. And thoracic surgery chief, Dr. Jason Wallen addresses lung cancer.

Comedian Kathy Griffin said she has never smoked, and that doctors are optimistic because the cancer appears to be contained to her left lung — half of which she is getting removed.

Traumatic injuries are a leading cause of death for Americans. Many of those who suffer a traumatic injury may die because they bleed to death before…

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, but there are ways to reduce risk of death, and it is treatable when caught…

Gang-related violence has been a continual problem in impoverished inner-city neighborhoods throughout the United States. In Syracuse in 2010, a Community…

Eighty percent of the lung cancers discovered through screening are early stage and mostly curable. But for a variety of reasons, only about 2 percent of…

Just 2 percent of the people who qualify for lung cancer screening are enrolled in a screening program, which is designed to find cancers at an early…

"HealthLink on Air" brings you a special show this week for World Cancer Day.A century ago, people diagnosed with lung cancer had few options. Surgery…

Have you been on an airplane when a flight attendant asked whether a physician was on board to help with a medical emergency?Dr. Gregory Eastwood has…