St. Peter’s Hospital Joint Replacement Center will offer a free presentation, “Joint Pain and Treatment Options,” at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, in the Mercy Auditorium on the St. Peter’s Hospital campus. […]
St. Peter’s Health Partners made a strong showing with 119 registered runners at the CDPHP Workforce Team Challenge 3.5-mile race on May 19 in Albany. […]
Community members, patients, and volunteers held an event to honor the cardiologists and nurses who have fostered and grown Troy’s popular “Walk With A Doc” program over the past five years. […]
As of 2014, there were more than 21.8 million military veterans in the United States; of those, 9.4 million are 65 and older. The Community Hospice helps aging veterans face their special end-of-life issues with dignity, honor and respect. […]
Congratulations to St. Mary’s Hospital of Troy which has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines (GWTG)-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. […]
Three nursing homes operated by The Eddy were recognized by the New York State Department of Health’s Nursing Home Quality Initiative as “top-performing facilities.” […]
The Memorial Hospital College of Nursing recently held its commencement ceremonies honoring its new nurses. See photos from the Times Union. […]
The Times Union details the construction progress for the new Heinrich Medicus Pavillion at the Samaritan Hospital campus in Troy. The first steel beam was lifted into place by a crane last week. […]
Samaritan and St. Mary’s hospitals will offer “Just Walk With a Doc,” a monthly healthy heart program featuring a one-mile walk with an area cardiologist. The program is designed to educate and encourage physical activity to improve health. A cardiologist leads the one-mile walks enabling participants to ask medical questions in an informal, relaxed atmosphere. […]
Swaddling, the act of snugly wrapping an infant in a blanket or garment for warmth and security, has long been a go-to for sleep-deprived parents the world over. Recommended by grandmothers, pediatricians, fellow parents – swaddling has earned it bona-fides as fussy baby-calming powerhouse. For many new parents, a recent analysis published in Pediatrics has raised concern about the practice. Many headlines in the papers and on TV warned swaddling babies increased the risk of SIDS. But a deeper analysis reveals a more nuanced conclusion, supporting what many parents and pediatricians already know – swaddling is generally safe for most infants. Diane Tenenbaum, M.D. from St. Peter’s Family Health Center, a practice of St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates (SPHPMA), was interviewed for a segment on WNYT-NewsChannel 13 discussing the controversy and safe swaddling. See the full story here.
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