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Health Beat Live: COVID-19 Vaccines

11/23/2020 01:34 PM

As of Nov. 23, there are three vaccine candidates showing 90 percent or better protection. Despite that, the warning about avoiding large groups, wearing a mask, and social distancing continues. And the numbers keep climbing.

Health Beat: Scleroderma

Health Beat: National Hospice Month

Health Beat: HIV Program

With the dominance of COVID-19, concerns about HIV have taken a back seat. But that continues to be a health issue. For many, it ties into substance abuse. So it's a confluence of health concerns.

Health Beat: Everything UR

When your childhood gives you lemons, sometimes you're able to turn that into lemonade. Such is the story of Greg Cohane, who says his was a toxic childhood. Now he and his partner Bob Bascom-Cohane created Everything UR, an apparel line based on one-word positive affirmations.

Health Beat: Pharmacies and COVID-19 vaccination plan

When a vaccine for COVID-19 is finally approved, the next hurdle is rolling it out and getting people inoculated. That's where your local pharmacy comes into play. So how to get it done? That's something my guest, Tom D'Angelo, president of the Pharmacists Society of the State of New York, is working on.

Health Beat: COVID-19 Treatment Update

As the number of COVID-19 cases keeps climbing, the pressure to bring a vaccine to market increases. So does the pressure to find a treatment that will stop the virus from wreaking havoc on those infected. There's much going on in the pharmaceutical world. So I’ve asked Dr. Joe Bertino, editor of the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, to be my guest again.

Health Beat: Bariatric Surgery to Prevent COVID-19 Complications

Elective surgery was put on hold during the height of the pandemic. Now that it's resumed, there's a particular type of surgery seeing great interest -- bariatric surgery. The procedure known as gastric bypass helps the morbidly obese shed weight. It's now well-documented that obesity raises your risk of complications, even death, if you contract COVD-19. Joining me now is Dr. Jessica Zaman, a bariatric surgeon at Albany Med.

Health Beat: Breast Cancer Survivorship

As we wrap up Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the need to support women who've been diagnosed, to encourage women to be screened, the need to fund research to find a cure -- none of that goes away. That's why the American Cancer Society runs Hope House, which right now has gone virtual.

Health Beat: Kidney Damage and COVID-19

There’s a side effect of COVID-19 you may not be aware of -- kidney damage. Dr. Jorge Cerda, a nephrologist with Capital District Renal Physicians, is here to explain.

Health Beat: Heart Disease and Inflammation

Heart disease remains one of the top killers. How to tame that may be tied to inflammation. Dr. Gabrielle Fredman is a researcher and assistant professor at Albany Medical College and has been doing cutting edge research into this.

Health Beat: Senior Health

Most seniors resist moving into a nursing home -- preferring to live at home. How to do that is a challenge. That's why Hudson Headwaters Health Network is crafting the PACE program. It stands for Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly. Linda Spokane, vice president for population health at Hudson Headwaters, fills us in.

Health Beat: Help for the Disabled to Wear Masks

Some folks are opposed to wearing masks, but there's enough evidence to warrant wearing them to prevent transmission of coronavirus. Marianne Simon, director of behavioral and therapeutic supports at the Wildwood Programs, discusses how to help the disability community wear them

Health Beat: Mindfulness

Health Beat: Wellness

Health Beat: COVID-19 Update

Health Beat: Sepsis Awareness

Health Beat: Migraine Treatment

Health Beat: Self Care

Health Beat: Helping Your Kids Mentally for Back-to-School

Health Beat: Feeling Great

Health Beat: Food Insecurity

Health Beat: Suicide Prevention

Health Beat: Pancreatic Cancer Awareness

Health Beat: Don't Put Off Health Care

Health Beat: Back-to-School Worries

Health Beat: Saratoga Bridges

Health Beat: Funding Rare Diseases

Health Beat: COVID Vaccines

Health Beat: Home Care During Pandemic

Health Beat: Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

Health Beat: Food as Medicine

Health Beat: Racial Disparity in Health

Health Beat: World Hepatitis Day

Health Beat: Suicide Prevention, Self-Care

Health Beat: Double H Ranch

Health Beat: Peer-to-Peer Support for Doctors

Health Beat: Long Term Effects of COVID-19

Health Beat: Lyme Disease

Health Beat: Latest on COVID-19 Research

Health Beat: Child Immunizations

Health Beat: Racial Disparity in Health Care

Health Beat: Antibody Testing and Blood Donation

Health Report

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Co-founder of viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge dies at 37

Ambulance telemedicine freeing up emergency rooms for those most in need

FILE - Eric Antosh has a nasal swab taken by a nurse at a COVID-19 testing site in Brooklyn.

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