On HEALTH Yeah!, Dr. Dino Spaniolas, director of the Bariatric and Metabolic Weight Loss Center at Stony Brook Medicine, discusses GLP‑1 medications, which have transformed the conventional approach to weight loss and metabolic health. Drs. Pollytia Panagiotou, an internal medicine and obesity medicine specialist in Setauket, and Smithtown gastroenterologist Farzad Forohar join the conversation.

Then, on Healthcast, patient Hayley Striegel speaks with her doctor Dave Fiorella, head of the Cerebrovascular Center in the Department of Neurosurgery at Stony Brook Medicine, about a targeted therapy for persistent, disabling migraines using lidocaine — this conversation was recorded in May 2025.

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