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Community News: Senior health fair: Seeking advice for active, healthy lives

April 19, 2015 Corporate Communications Staff

St. Peter’s Heath Partners physical therapists Beth Sanger and Liz Stack are featured in this story about a recent senior health fair at the Shenendehowa Adult Community Center in Clifton Park. They talk about their popular “Seniorcise” program. “We start with individualized assessments and we tailor the exercises to what each individual can do, but we still do them as a class,” Sanger said. “It’s a one-hour class and we hold them once a week for 10 weeks. We’ve had a 92-year-old take the class. Our youngest participants now are in their 50s. We start another one in three weeks.” Click here to see the full story.

SPHP in the News

NewsChannel 13: Doctor discusses importance of diabetes education

April 17, 2015 Corporate Communications Staff

At Journey Through the Body, Dr. Jill Abelseth spoke with NewsChannel 13’s Benita Zahn about the diabetes epidemic. Dr. Abelseth said children as young as 4- and 5-years-old are being diagnosed with diabetes. Dr. Abelseth is a provider with Capital Region Diabetes and Endocrine Care, a practice of St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates. Click here to watch the full story.

Wellness

LiveSmart: Journey Through the Body

April 15, 2015 Robert Webster Jr.

Where can kids walk through a giant ear, see how smoking damages lungs and learn how to REALLY get their teeth as clean as possible to keep their healthy, precious smiles? Where else but at the area’s largest and most popular kid’s health education exhibit – Journey Through The Body – A Hands-on Discovery Adventure. Now celebrating its 16th year, Journey will be presented this Friday and Saturday, April 17 and 18, at Colonie Center. As always, the event is free and open to the public from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday. The event is co-sponsored by WNYT-TV NewsChannel 13. WNYT Meteorologist Bob Kovachick and Anchor/Health Reporter Benita Zahn will be doing a live broadcast from the event on Friday, April 17, beginning at 5 p.m. At Journey Through The Body, kids can explore larger-than-life-sized models of the heart, brain, lungs, ear, teeth and more. Returning is The Big Colon – a 10-foot-long model that kids can walk into and see the inner workings […]