Saint Peter’s Health Partners and NewsChannel 13 teamed up for Journey Through The Body. Benita Zahn was live at Colonie Center Friday afternoon with an update on what families can look forward to when they attend. Click here to watch the full story.
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 […]
Dr. Robert Benton, chief of cardiology at Samaritan Hospital, spoke to Time Warner Cable News (Channel 9) about the importance of early heart attack care. From the story: A number of people delay treatment because they do not have the classic dramatic symptoms of a heart attack. “They don’t have what they call the ‘Hollywood heart attack’, a person gripping their chest and sweating, a dramatic presentation. Many heart attacks are not like that,” said Samaritan cardiologist Dr. Robert Benton. Subtle symptoms of a heart attack can be easily overlooked. Click here to see the full story.
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