Medical news

Summer is here in the Capital Region and people are finding ways to keep cool.  As a result, various beaches in our area have been quite popular during the recent heatwave, a trend that  will continue heading into the holiday weekend.  One local mom is warning parents to be careful if you're heading to Brown's Beach on Saratoga Lake in Stillwater to cool off. Erika Ries from Albany told News Chann

In an effort to get our hands on as much sanitizer as possible due to all things COVID-19, consumers are scooping up what is readily available.  The FDA recently announced that there are 9 specific types of hand sanitizers that you should avoid immediately due to the toxic ingredient found in them.

The American Girl doll company is following suit with Fisher-Price and Mattel in creating front line hero dolls and action figures to benefit different hero organizations. The American Girl doll is offering accessories to dress up your doll to make them into a hero.

As a show of appreciation for everything they have done and gone through these last few months, a well deserved "night out" will be in store for local first responders and healthcare providers.   The free "appreciation night" at the Malta Drive-In for these area heroes will be on Monday night, June 15th.   The appreciation event, free for those with proper identification, will

Kyanne in Westerlo writes: I'm 29 years old and am considering a career change, but I feel like my husband is trying to discourage me. We've been married for 7 years, have two kids and I work in health care, but I really want to go back to school to be a doctor.  It will take years and years of more schooling but I'm determined to make this work.  My husband has not been very supportive. All he ta

Children and adults on the Autism spectrum have a local hospital to go to. They can treat autism patients for emergency care and make sure they are treated both for their ailment while being aware of their special needs.

The independent medical examiner hired by members of George Floyd's family revealed key autopsy evidence that paints a much different picture than the one painted by the Hennipen County Medical Examiner's office.   Dr. Michael Baden, the well-known forensic specialist who formerly worked in the Capital Region as a professor at Albany Medical College and autopsied bodies at Albany Medical Center, i

How would you like to save three lives and get a pint of delicious ice cream in return? It's time again for the "Give A Pint, Get A Pint" promotion with the American Red Cross and Stewart's Shops. Here's how you can help.

Governor Cuomo announced today he is signing an executive order that would allow businesses to deny patrons who are not wearing a mask.

As many Capital Region restaurants have been forced to provide hungry customers with mostly take-out service, a certain scavenging scoundrel has been under served and according to the CDC, might be getting more and more aggressive.  This underserved population: rats.  The CDC is warning people that rodents might be getting more and more intrusive and destructive as they unsuccessfully search for f

Phase one has opened in the Capital Region and there might be some confusion about what that means.  We're not saying that Love Cowboy can help, but he will "attempt" to clear some of the uncertainty in regards to things that are open, operable and back in business.  As usual, what the Love Cowboy actually knows is completely different from what he thinks he knows, but here goes.  Here a

For many people it was not easy to look at the "before" pictures of the seven Chihuahua's that had been abused and neglected by a Fonda woman.  But the remarkable transformation of these dogs known as the "Lucky 7" , has generated quite the response bringing smiles to so many people in the Capital Region.  It turns out, we weren't the only one's smiling. The doggies - all clean