Treating the trauma caused by natural disasters
SUNY New Paltz’s Institute for Disaster Mental Health director Amy Nitza trains educators in Puerto Rico after hurricane, earthquakes.
Health
Institute for Family Health in New Paltz plans renovations
Interior renovations at the Institute for Family Health, located at 279 Main Street in New Paltz, will mean that patients at more than 30 locations will actually speak to someone in New Paltz for all their health concerns, eventually including the possibility of some of those patients never actually seeing a doctor through the use of tele-medicine.
Vaccine pricing scam – What is your doctor charging you or billing your insurance?
A local resident writes of her experience receiving a series of surprise bills for a vaccine, and what it says about the deficiencies of our healthcare system.
Blood drive for Saugerties tot and others in need Tuesday, 11/12
A Saugerties family is asking for blood donations for their three-year old daughter, Cecilia as well as the many in the area and beyond in need. Baby Cecilia was diagnosed with B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and her family is currently traveling twice per week so she can receive treatment.
Poughkeepsie-based ImagineMIC takes patient monitoring to the next level
ImagineMIC produces a lightweight, disposable patch that is worn on the left side of the chest. It constantly streams information about your heartbeat, respiration and other hemodynamic data points to a central monitoring intervention center, where that diverse team of medical professionals tracks exactly how your body is doing, 24/7.
Shortage of home health care workers endangers the elderly
In the Hudson Valley, a shortage of 9000 workers is projected by 2026, while the senior population will continue to grow and get older as it gets larger.
CareMount Medical opens location in ShopRite Plaza
For years the New Paltz-based CareMount Medical office was located at a small, cozy office in the Village, just off the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail and within walking distance of several downtown shops. The problem, according to CareMount officials and the office staff, was that there was no room to expand in the 2,100-square-foot site, and very little parking for their patients.
New book documents Saugerties’ Spiral House
There’s a place where, as the Beatles once had it, “Your outside is in and your inside is out.” This place actually exists. It isn’t a metaphor, but a physical reality.
Experts meet to discuss the microbiome at Bard’s public Hannah Arendt Center symposium
Thursday-Friday, Sept. 19-20: Emerging science has established the importance of the human microbiome to health, and some are now warning that its potential destruction is leading to a large-scale health crisis.
The Lotus Seed Project
Olivia Treubig’s “The Lotus Seed Project” is primarily an initiative to introduce yoga and mindfulness to more people, she says, doing so in settings other than the traditional yoga studio and with a focus on community and healing. Her efforts extend to both adults and children.