David R. Hootnick, M.D., reveals clinical evidence that most human congenital long bone deficiencies of lower limbs are the result of downstream effects of embryonic arterial dysgenesis, similar to that of thalidomide embryopathy; such limb deficiencies are, in fact, indistinguishable from those seen in the thalidomide epidemic of the ‘50s and ‘60s.
The largest trial in limited-stage small cell lung cancer ever suggests similar outcomes and long-term survival in patients treated with twice-a-day versus once-a-day radiotherapy.
Analysis of calls to poison control centers by people misusing or abusing amphetamines, usually prescribed for ADHD, via IV injection, nasal or oral routes also links non-medical use to increased risk of admission to critical care units, attempted suicide and death.
SUNY Upstate Medical University's Stephen Albanese elected president of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, a professional society of more than 1,400 surgeons, physicians and allied health professionals dedicated to improving the care of children with musculoskeletal disorders.
Stephen V. Faraone, PhD, Distinguished Professor at Upstate and a leading researcher on ADHD, has been elected president of the World Federation of ADHD.
As Ecuador and other South American countries receive influx of Venezuelan migrants, the public health sector struggles to control infectious disease epidemics, including malaria, presenting a regional public health threat. As a result, migrant populations and people living near border crossings are susceptible to these infectious diseases.
Jada McMahon, a senior at Binghamton University from Hempstead, N.Y., has been selected as the first recipient for the Dr. Sarah Loguen Fraser Dean’s Student Distinction Award. McMahon will enter Upstate's College of Medicine as a first-year student this fall.
Studies found that non-medical use of prescription stimulant medications is a growing problem in the U.S. and that using these medications in ways not prescribed can lead to serious adverse health outcomes, with the risk increasing if they are taken by non-oral routes.
A study, which evaluated the prevalence and clinical consequences of prescription amphetamine (AMP) misuse among adolescents and adults, found severe medical outcomes occur when people snort or inject stimulant medication.
Geriatrics is being elevated to its own clinical department, just like other specialties, such as Surgery, Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery. The move comes as the population over the age of 65 continues to increase.
When Jayne Charlamb, MD, FACP, FABM, IBCLC, started Upstate’s Breastfeeding Medicine Program in 2015, she set out to help the most complex medical situations with newborns and mothers. Three years later, Dr. Charlamb, who serves as the director of the Division of Breast Health and Breastfeeding Medicine at Upstate Medical University, has added a new lactation consultant and the program now has the capacity to assist breastfeeding families with a range of difficulties.
A synthetic protein that disrupts the ability of bacteria to perform basic life functions—moving, eating, attaching to hosts—could be a key to fighting infectious disease and preventing bacteria from evolving into drug-resistant pathogens.
The findings could help guide doctors to determine how best to treat patients with Crohn's disease.
Mixed methods research design is an innovative research methodology for health science (including nursing science), social science, and behavioral sciences.
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the world, according to the World Health Organization. It is estimated that more than 3 million Americans have glaucoma, but only half of those know they have it.
Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital will offer for the first time a three-year pediatric fellowship with a special focus on treating child abuse and neglect.
Upstate Medical University researcher Anna Stewart Ibarra, Ph.D., M.P.A., and her colleagues have created a mathematical model that can serve as a guide to make monthly predictions on when people are at greatest risk for contracting mosquito-borne viruses, such as dengue, Zika and chikungunya, due to climate conditions.
Finding will aid global public health officials as they develop early warning systems for dengue, Zika and chikungunya and find ways to reduce the risk of exposure to disease-carrying mosquitoes.
Upstate Medical University and the Delbarton School will test the effectiveness of an ECF product to meet the required dietary allowance of nutrients for disaster victims in Ecuador, Haiti, and Africa.
Upstate Medical University has opened a $15 million, 20,000 square foot cord blood bank that features a state of the art processing laboratory and cryogenic storage containers that can store nearly 14,500 units of cord blood. The bank will collect, test, process, store and distribute umbilical cord blood donated by families throughout central and northern New York to be used by those in need of life-saving medical treatments and for medical research.
The program's approach can also serve as a guide to ongoing and future control efforts of other emerging mosquito-borne illnesses globally.
Upstate researchers Andrea S. Viczian, Ph.D., and Michael E. Zuber, Ph.D., and their colleagues, have identified two genes—Tbx3 and Pax6—that together are sufficient to start the process of eye development.
In a laboratory study, Upstate Medical University researcher Golam Mohi, Ph.D., his graduate student Yue Yang, and colleagues, have found that the loss of gene EZH2 promotes the development of Myelofibrosis (MF) in mice. The findings create a new pathway for study into the cause of MF and provide new therapeutic targets to block the progression of this rare form of blood cancer.
In an article published online Sept. 13 in UGEC Viewpoints , Upstate Medical University researcher Anna Stewart Ibarra, PhD, MPA, describes how a collaborative approach by researchers of varying disciplines is being used as a framework for studying the mosquito-borne viruses, zika, dengue and chikungunya.
A short video that gives people essential information on ways to protect themselves against mosquito-borne illnesses at home and abroad has been produced by Upstate Medical University and the Onondaga County Health Department. The video is available for viewing on the Upstate and Health Department social media networks.
Program's first clinical trial will study whether giving the vaccine to mothers in the last part of pregnancy may keep the newborn safe from the RSV during the most vulnerable first several months.
Eduardo C. Solessio, Ph.D., has been awarded $1,821,375 from the National Institutes of Health, National Eye Institute for a five-year study to establish how the time course of rod responses contribute to visual temporal contrast sensitivity in dim light. Deficits in detecting small differences in contrast interfere with the ability to perform everyday visual tasks such as reading, driving, or face recognition.
Delos (“Toby”) Cosgrove III, M.D., and Samuel Gorovitz, Ph.D., will receive honorary Doctor of Science degrees and address students at Upstate Medical University’s 2016 Commencement, to be held Sunday, May 22 at the Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center at Oncenter Complex in Syracuse, N.Y.
Physicians document complex six-hour surgical case in which they used minimally invasive robotic surgery to perform a radical nephrectomy (removal of entire kidney) with a level III inferior vena cava thrombectomy (removal of a tumor from the largest vein that carries blood to the heart). The procedure also included the removal of numerous lymph nodes.
Upstate Medical University has partnered with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) in the development of a dengue human infection model (DHIM). USAMRMC will invest up to $12 million over the next 3.5 years to fund five FDA-regulated clinical trials in which healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 45 can volunteer to participate.
Researchers, physicians and patients will participate in a two-day conference highlighting the latest information on diagnosis, treatment and living with this disease highlighted by neuroendocine tumors that can lead to heart disease, seizures and stroke.
Upstate’s Occupational Health Clinical Centers join the Workforce Development Institute in an assessment of occupational health needs of low-wage workers in Syracuse, N.Y. Findings may lead to new initiatives to improve the quality of work-life for low-wage workers.
A new president is named for SUNY Upstate Medical University, an academic medical center in Syracuse, N.Y.
Researchers at the SUNY Upstate Medical University have found that a key cellular enzyme, c-Abl, could be an effective drug target in cancer cells for urologic cancers, such as prostate and kidney.
Upstate’s Anna Stewart Ibarra will lead the development of a device to exterminate mosquitoes that spread dengue fever and other diseases commonly found in tropical climates.
Medical schools whose mission statements underscore societal good are more likely to produce physicians who will enter careers in primary care and work in medically underserved areas.
The grant will support Brunken's investigation into the extracellular matrix (ECM) in retinal development and disease.
Using a novel method they developed to map chromosome breaks in a model organism, Wenyi Feng, Ph.D., and her colleagues have discovered new information as to how and where chromosome fragile sites can occur in human DNA.
A leader in health care policy and nursing development, Burnes Bolton will receive an honorary doctor of science degree from the State University of New York at Upstate Medical University Commencement.
Researchers at Upstate Medical University and Harvard University have linked the loss of key gene, WAVE1, to a lethal form of prostate cancer, according to a study published in the journal Oncotarget.
Researchers at Upstate Medical University, in collaboration with a team of international investigators studying dengue fever, have discovered new information on climate drivers of the disease and social risk factors that may be contributing to its spread.
A discovery in the laboratory of Francesca Pignoni, Ph.D., will influence future stem cell research and may have implications for fertility studies.
Upstate is one of two health care facilities in New York state and among only six facilities nationwide to use the FDA-approved implantable SMR TT metal back glenoid implant for shoulder replacements.
As low-wage jobs continue to show strong gains since the recession, findings from the Low-Wage Workers’ Health Project led by Upstate Medical University is offering insight into how these jobs affect public health and the economy in Syracuse, N.Y., and reflect national trends in issues related to low-wage workers.
A study by an international team of researchers will help decrease the risk of dengue, a life-threatening mosquito-borne viral disease that is now one of the fastest spreading tropical diseases globally.
Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy (DDP), pioneered at Upstate Medical University for symptoms of borderline personality disorder, depression, suicide attempts, is one of the first types of psychodynamic psychotherapy to be included in the registry of evidence-based treatments.
The part of the prostate that is biopsied may matter more than the number of biopsy samples taken for accurately diagnosing prostate cancer. The SUNY Upstate study found that cancer detection depended more on the part of the prostate that was biopsied than on the number of samples that were taken.
An innovative use of technology shows promise in advancing knowledge of the causes of congenital degenerative diseases of the eye, such as retinitis pigmentosa. SUNY Upstate Medical University is only one of two centers worldwide that can perform research using this technology.
A novel radiotherapy approach has shown promise as a treatment option, and may possibly increase the cure rate, for people with early stage lung cancer who are unable to tolerate surgery, according to findings from a five-year study led by SUNY Upstate Medical University.
SUNY Upstate Medical University has joined with Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel to create an international center that organizers say will enhance patient care, stimulate research and foster a greater understanding of velo-cardio-facial syndrome, a genetic disorder second only in prevalence to Down syndrome.
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