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Bath salts forum moves to OCC to accommodate larger audience
The July 20 bath salts forum will now be held in Storer Auditorium on the Onondaga Community College campus, 4585 West Seneca Turnpike, Syracuse. The change in location, from Rural Metro, is to...
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Meet a soldier in the ‘bath salts’ battle: clinical toxicologist Alexander...
He’s not a physician, and he’s not a detective, but a large part of Alexander Garrard’s job is to stay ahead of the drug dealers so he can help save their customers from bad reactions and overdoses....
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Taking a stand against prescription and synthetic drug abuse
Upstate experts are among those participating in “CNY Communities Unite: Making a Stand Against Prescription and Synthetic Drug Abuse” Monday, Dec. 12 at Crouse Hospital’s Marley Education Center. The...
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‘Mystery, Malt & Merlot’ fundraiser benefits Poison Center
The Advocate for Upstate Medical University host the 15th annual “Mystery, Malt & Merlot” fundraiser Friday, April 12. Proceeds this year go to the Upstate New York Poison Center. The event...
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Round Up of recent Upstate news and events
Upstate University Hospital offers the region’s only Level 1 trauma center and provides certification and continuing medical education programs to more than 700 EMS professionals annually. Upstate...
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Making sure that spoonful of medicine is accurate
Gail Banach of the Upstate New York Poison Center displays the calibrated medicine spoon, the preferred way to dispense liquid medicine to children when the medicine is not packaged with its own dosing...
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Summer issue of Upstate Health available now
If ever you have wondered, “what is Upstate?” a collection of nostalgia starting on page 11 of the summer issue of Upstate Health magazine will go a long way toward answering that question. The...
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Lessons from Upstate: Use caution with acetaminophen
Acetaminophen is known as a safe and effective pain reliever and fever reducer. You may recognize it as Anacin or Tylenol, but acetaminophen also shows up in a variety of prescription and...
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Lessons from Upstate: Party drugs can have lasting consequences
A 20-year-old woman was dropped off semi-conscious at Upstate University Hospital’s emergency room. She did not respond to doctors. She was not feverish. Her heart beat normally. She had wet herself...
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Upstate Poison Center experts offer tips to stay safe during the holidays
The season of holiday giving and decorating has begun, and the Upstate New York Poison Center is offering Central New Yorkers tips to stay safe while engaging in the joys of the season. “There are so...
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