NewsChannel 13: Tour the Digestive System at St. Peter’s Health Partners’ “Journey Through the Body”

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 […]

At Journey Through The Body, NewsChannel 13’s Jason Gough speaks with Sandy Brooker LaVine, respiratory therapist at St. Peter’s Health Partners, about the damage smoking can do to your lungs.

On March 23 and 24, St. Peter’s Health Partners held the 19th annual Journey Through The Body, co-sponsored by  WNYT-NewsChannel 13.  Children and families gathered at Crossgates Mall to walk through a giant ear, listen to their heartbeat, and stroll through a 16-foot brain.