NewsChannel 13: Journey Through the Body – Community Impact

St. Peter’s Health Partners will host its 16th annual Journey Through The Body, a hands-on discovery adventure, on Friday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday, April 18, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Colonie Center in Albany. This free, two-day family community health educational event is designed to educate children and their parents about select parts of the human body and to learn about their functions, components, strengths and limitations, and ways to lead an active healthy lifestyle. The presentations are coordinated by clinicians from St. Peter’s Health Partners. Clinicians will be available to guide children and their parents through the models and answer questions. The goal of the program is to develop and promote healthy habits in children. At Journey Through The Body, kids can explore larger-than-life-sized models of the heart, brain, lungs, ear, teeth and more. Kids can walk through the giant, inflatable models of the heart and brain, getting an up close and personal look at how these important organs work. Boasting what is likely the Capital […]

WNYT interviewed James K. Reed, M.D., president & CEO of St. Peter’s Health Partners, for its story on the health care system’s 20,000th robotic surgery milestone. From the story: These minimally invasive robotic surgeries began back in 2004 using a computer enhanced Da Vinci Surgical System. The system allows surgeons to see in 3D, so they can perform operations with extreme precision. There are only 26 health systems worldwide that have achieved this same accomplishment. Click here to watch WNYTs report.

Quitting is the single best thing a smoker can do to improve their health and reduce the risk of dying from a smoking-related illness. SPHP offers the 7-week “The Butt Stops Here” program to help smokers quit. […]