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Free cancer screenings for residents in local areas

Submitted by Emma Levine, WNYT Web Producer
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012, 11:19am
Free cancer screenings for residents in local areas

The Cancer Services Programs of Albany and Rensselaer counties teamed up with American Cancer Society and St. Peter’s Health Care Partners to provide free cancer screenings to men and women in the local community.

The free screenings offered will be mammograms and Pap tests for women ages 40 and older and colorectal screenings for men and women ages 50 and older.

There will also be free screenings for uninsured residents provided through the Cancer Services Program year round at St. Peter’s Health Partners.

If you live in Albany or Rensselaer County and would like to make an appointment, please call 454-4013. If you live outside Albany County, please call the Cancer Services Program at 1-866-422-CANCER (2262) to find a screening near you. 

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Healthy eating seminar to take place May 3

Submitted by Emma Levine, WNYT Web Producer
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012, 11:33am
Healthy eating seminar to take place May 3

The Capital District Center for Independence (CDCI) will host a free seminar on improving nutrition, diet and eating habits by hosting “Ketchup is not a Vegetable” on Thursday, May 3 from 3 to 4 p.m. The event will take place at the center located at 845 Central Avenue in Albany.

According to a statement, the free and interactive workshop will get people started and provide strategies to reduce mindless eating.

“Most of us know a number of things we could be doing to improve our health and energy level. However, we don’t always know where to start or how to make some of these changes,” said CDCI Executive Director Laurel Kelley. “This interactive workshop will help you to take stock of where you are and set some individual goals and strategies to help get you from here to there.”

Sandra Varno, MS, RD, CDN, Resource Educator at the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Albany County will speak at the seminar.

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Registering to be an organ donor can now be done online

Submitted by Emma Levine, WNYT Web Producer
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012, 1:30pm
Registering to be an organ donor can now be done online

The Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Health announced Tuesday that it is now possible to join the Organ Donor Registry online.

April is National Organ Donor Awareness Month and for the first time, New Yorkers will be able to enroll for the registry online using the DMV’s “MyDMV” application. People who register through the MyDMV will not need to print, sign or mail their registration application to DOH.

According to a statement, nearly 10,000 are currently waiting for an organ transplant in New York State and every 13 hours someone dies waiting for one.

Click here for more information on the registry.

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Anesthesia shortages

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Thursday, March 29th, 2012, 6:48pm

As the federal government wrestles with shortages of cancer drugs, there’s another group of drugs in short supply with even more far reaching effects.

They’re the drugs used by anesthesiologists to put you to sleep and control pain.

The shortage is so severe it's forcing many of these doctors to re-think how they practice, on a daily basis.

Welcome to medicine's new reality. Blame manufacturing problems and shrinking profit margins and we're seeing upwards of 300 commonly used medicines in short supply, and anesthetics are no exception.

Dr. Michael Simon is the president elect of the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists and practices with a group encompassing 27 hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers in New York and Pennsylvania.

He knows first hand how the shortages make a challenging specialty even more so.

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Dine Out for Life

Submitted by Andrew Murphy, Web Producer
Thursday, March 8th, 2012, 3:41pm

ALBANY – In 1991 Dine Out for Life was started to raise money for AIDS research. What started as a small event in Philadelphia has grown to over 3,500 restaurants in 60 cities across North America.  On average $4 million dollars is raised.

This year’s event will occur on Thursday, April 26, and Dine Out for Life International wants to know why you choose to dine out. Just record a short video telling them why and submit it by midnight on April 8, and you could win a trip for two to any participating city.

To Enter CLICK HERE

Or, if your just looking to go out and have a good meal and help raise money for a great cause, CLICK HERE, for a list of participating Capital Region restaurants. Restaurants will continue to be added until the end of March.

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Albany Med to unveil new MRI

Submitted by Andrew Murphy, Web Producer
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012, 3:28pm
Albany Med to unveil new MRI

ALBANY- Albany Medical Center will unveil the new Philips Ingenia Wide-Bore 3 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner on Wednesday.

It is the most sophisticated imaging technology available and provides the clearest images currently possible of the human anatomy, improving diagnostic accuracy.

Albany Med will be the only local medical center to have one.

 

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American Red Cross of Northeastern NY to hold training

Submitted by Emma Levine, WNYT Web Producer
Thursday, January 19th, 2012, 2:02pm
American Red Cross of Northeastern NY to hold training

The American Red Cross of Northeastern New York will hold Regional Institute For Emergency Services Training (RIFEST).

The ARCNENY will hold its first RIFEST from Friday, Jan. 20 to Sunday, Jan. 22. The training will be held at the ARCNENY office at 33 Everett Road in Albany.

The training will include daytime and evening classes. This is the first time ARCNENY has offered the training to the entire region, which includes people in four chapters located in Albany, Glens Falls, Plattsburgh and Poughkeepsie. The 17 counties served include: Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Ulster, Warren and Washington Counties.

Since Jan. 1 ARCNENY Disaster Action team volunteers have responded to 21 fires and helped 113 people.

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