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A heart-healthy diet is also healthy for the brain. So, eating food that is low in salt, low in fat and low in carbohydrates can help reduce the risk of…
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Kidney cancer is often discovered by chance, when a patient receives an imaging scan for something else, says Dr. Oleg Shapiro, a urologist and radiation…
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The surgical option for patients suffering from stroke used to be limited to traditional open surgery. Advances in radiology have made it possible for…
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Dr. Michael Weiner encourages people to take free brain function tests on the website he created. He hopes to use the registry to find candidates for…
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James Abbott, Thomas Campbell and James Rosenberg, three former chief executives of Syracuse's public hospital, describe the challenges they faced from…
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Acne is the most common skin condition in the United States and the result of factors that may include hormone levels, genetics, medications and one’s…
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Pregnant women, sex workers and men having sex with men are recommended to be tested for exposure to syphilis since health officials have noticed an…
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Upstate University Hospital has won a “comprehensive stroke center” designation by a national health care accrediting agency. But what does that mean for…
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In the early days of the AIDS epidemic, a positive diagnosis was virtually a death sentence. Today, a person taking antiretroviral medications can live…
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Strokes that occur in women create symptoms that are different than those in men. Women may experience the classic sudden numbness or severe headache, but…