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New Cancer Doc in Oneida
CNYHEALTH.COM
OCTOBER 2019 • ISSUE 238
BREAST CANCER
Shilpa Vyas, a radiation oncologist with Buffalo’s Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, now seeing patients at Oneida Health Cancer Care
SPECIAL ISSUE
Single mom on handling cancer, career, child n How to help when cancer strikes a loved one n Mammography: What you need to know n Organizations help patients during cancer journey n Mammography for men? You bet n A novel approach to treating incurable cancers
P. 18
‘I’m terrified’’
Syracuse Among Most Stressed Cities in U.S.
That’s what anchorwoman Christie Casciano told NewsChannel 9 viewers a day before her two total hip replacement surgeries. She shares her her experience
Running Red Lights a Deadly Practice
Salt City included on list along with Rochester, Buffalo
There were 939 people killed in red light-running crashes in 2017, a 10-year high and a 28% increase since 2012
P.17
Uninsured Rates in Upstate Reach Best Levels Ever Recorded
Chia Seeds
Marijuana Use
Why should we eat more chia seeds? See SmartBites column. P. 15
Highest rate in 35 years among college students. P. 14