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Coxsackie dentist to be featured in magazine

Submitted by Ben Gorenstein, WNYT Web Producer

Monday, May 20th, 2013, 3:33pm

Coxsackie dentist to be featured in magazine

COXSACKIE - A dentist, who has been practicing nearly 40 years, is being featured in a national magazine.

An article about Dr. Marvin A. Gertzberg appears in this Summer’s edition of “Incisal Edge”.

The article talks about how Dr. Gertzberg was considering retirement until new, high-tech advances in dentistry, changed his mind.

Read the article from “Incisal Edge"

Dr. Gertzberg Article by WNYT13

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Farm Rich products recalled Over E. coli fears

Submitted by WNYT Staff

Friday, March 29th, 2013, 1:04pm

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Rich Products Corporation of Buffalo has announced a voluntary recall of its Farm Rich Mini Quesadillas and other Farm Rich products due to possible contamination with E. coli bacteria.

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Flu is widespread in New York and Capital Region

Submitted by WNYT Staff

Friday, January 4th, 2013, 2:39pm

ALBANY - The flu is making the rounds in the Capital Region.

"I think we're starting to see it picking up," said Jovanna Stepan, a physicians assistant at Albany Medical Center. "It seems to have started a little bit later than what I've seen in the past."

At Albany Med, 105 patients who came in to the emergency department or hospital clinics have tested positive since Dec. 1. Sixty-five were so sick they were admitted to the hospital.

Compare that to 24 people testing positive in all of last year's flu season with 21 admissions.

"And I think that people have forgotten how severe an illness that influenza really is. Young people die every year from influenza," said Dr. Richard Blinkhorn Jr., an infectious disease specialist.

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Flu Shots at Roe Jan

Submitted by Andrew Murphy, Web Producer

Tuesday, September 18th, 2012, 10:20am

COPAKE - The Columbia County Department of Health will administer flu shots to individuals 19 years and up on Wednesday, October 3, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., at the Roeliff Jansen Community Library.

Pneumonia shots will also be available for those 65 or older.

Phyliss Higgins, immunization coordinator, says that the Health Department will accept the following senior insurance plans as long as they are the primary and not supplemental plans: Blue Shield, CDPHP, Medicare Part B, MVP, and Senior Whole Health. The Department can also bill Today's Options or any Medicare advantage plan.

The Health Department also accepts the following non-senior insurance plans: Blue Shield (not Blue Cross), MVP, CDPHP.

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CDPHP Document Fair to aid public with advance directives

Submitted by Emma Levine, WNYT Web Producer

Friday, August 10th, 2012, 2:39pm

CDPHP Document Fair to aid public with advance directives

The CDPHP Document Fair will be held on Thursday, Aug. 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Beltrone Living Center. The center is located at 6 Winners Circle in Albany.

CDPHP and the Colonie Senior Service Centers, Inc. have teamed up to provide the public with the free document fair to help guide through the process of completing advance directives.

According to CDPHP, these legal documents serve as written instructions regarding preferred medical care in case a person is unable to communicate their wishes.

Area attorneys will be at the event to walk people through the process.

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Red Cross releases new Hurricane App

Submitted by Emma Levine, WNYT Web Producer

Wednesday, August 1st, 2012, 2:26pm

The Red Cross released its new Hurricane App on Wednesday. The new app puts useful information in the hands of people living in Hurricane prone areas.

According to the Red Cross, the app is free and is the second in a series to be created by the Red Cross. The app will be for iPhone users and Android users and gives instant access to local and real time information on what to do before, during and after a hurricane.

The launch of the Red Cross hurricane app comes just before what is traditionally the busiest period of the Atlantic hurricane season. Features of the app include:

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Residents in Valatie outraged over proposed clinic

Submitted by WNYT Staff

Friday, July 27th, 2012, 10:39am

Some Valatie residents are upset over plans for a mental health and drug abuse clinic in their area.

Columbia County human services are planning to use the top floor of the old Martin Glynn Elementary School on Church Street in Valatie.

The building is now jointly owned by the village and the Town of Kinderhook.

But opponents are gathering signatures on petitions, asking the town to reject use of the school building for patients with mental and drug problems.

The deputy director of human services told John McLoughlin that the horrible killings in Aurora, Colorado should remind all of us that we badly need clinics, like the one planned for Valatie.

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