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CAPITAL REGION
Make up for lack of sunlight with vitamin D
Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012
JoEllen Welsh says people in the Northeast should take vitamin D during the cold weather season.
SCHENECTADY
Bellevue Woman’s Center: New digs, old touches
Friday, Dec. 7, 2012
The addition at Bellevue Woman’s Center is here, bringing regional women’s care into modernity, but preserving pieces of its past, as well.
SCHENECTADY
Ellis Hospital moving its ER entrance for project
Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012
Beginning Monday, anyone looking to use the emergency room at Ellis Hospital should show up at the hospital’s Nott Street entrance via the parking garage.
CAPITAL REGION
Surprise: The flu is early this year
Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012
The winter flu season is off to an early start in the Capital Region, as it is across the state and around the nation.
CAPITAL REGION
Medical research thriving in state
Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
About one-third of all U.S. clinical trials of new medicines occurred in New York state in the past decade, according to a report issued Tuesday by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
COHOES
From Russia with a Love ... of sausage
Monday, Nov. 26, 2012
You can smell the Bilinski sausage factory before you’re actually inside the sprawling building off Lark Street in Cohoes.
CAPITAL REGION
Information exchange improves medical efficiency
Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012
The Health Information Xchange of New York is one of many networks that are transforming the way the health care industry does business, but the process of getting doctors, practices and health care providers all plugged into a network has proven to be a challenge nationwide.
CAPITAL REGION
Area hospitals work to keep patient return rate low
Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012
Several years ago, Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown began discussing how to reduce the number of patients returning to the hospital within 30 days due to complications.
ALBANY
Poker players ante up to help out Make-A-Wish kids
Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012
After 17 minutes had passed, players began to glance up at the large screen at the front of the convention center where a digital clock was ticking down the seconds.
SARATOGA SPRINGS
Granola becomes a teaching tool
Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012
Students in Saratoga got to try an alternative to cafeteria snacks, courtesy of Skidmore College professor Paul Arciero’s principles of nutrition class.
Pushups elemental but superb core exercise
Monday, Nov. 5, 2012
CHICAGO — April Calderon recently pumped out 61 pushups in 60 seconds while balancing precariously on three medicine balls, a feat that has been submitted to Guinness World Records.
FONDA
Two doctors sued in man’s death
Monday, Nov. 5, 2012
A Fort Hunter woman is suing two Saint Mary’s-based physicians, claiming their negligence is responsible for the death of her husband.
CLIFTON PARK
Ellis Medicine facility offers urgent care in Clifton Park (photos)
Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012
Hospital officials milled about the new Medical Center of Clifton Park on Friday after a ribbon-cutting ceremony, exchanging congratulations and laughs as they toured the two-story, 38,000-square-foot facility, Ellis Medicine’s only physical presence in southern Saratoga County.
Food swaps inspire people to make and cook food at home
Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012
What started off as a way for Christina Davis of Milton to deal with her son’s food allergies, the From Scratch Club has blossomed into a new movement in the Capital Region.
SARATOGA SPRINGS
Success story to help lead heart walk
Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
Porter Corners girl to help lead fundraising heart walk on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course.
