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Nicaragua students tour North Country health-care facilities
A pair of 20-year-old medical students from Nicaragua have toured several health-care facilities. They are especially impressed with the physician-patient relationship in America, along with the advanced technology.
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Meeting of the minds on fake pot
Students were among those who spoke up at a session in Essex County, helping to make a plan to combat the dangers of synthetic marijuana.
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WIC Program offering educational shopping tours for clients
The Women, Infants and Children's Program of Clinton County will be holding a series of educational shopping tours to help participants use their WIC checks more effectively. INCLUDES VIDEO
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Health Notes: Feb. 7, 2012
Gastric Bypass Group meets tonight; Blood drives set; NCCI to discuss Affordable Care Act.
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Go Red for Women
Nearly 325 women gathered in the Westside Ballroom to learn about heart health.
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Screenings promote healthy lifestyles
CVPH Medical Center held a series of free screenings for a variety of health concerns as part of the annual Go Red For Women Dinner.
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Annual meeting celebrates progress at CVPH Medical Center
Plattsburgh hospital is moving into a new five-year plan for growth and development and will focus on improving quality care for its patients and a better working environment for staff.
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Resolution solutions
Who manages to stick to those New Year's vows to change and month later and beyond? Those who "focus on small changes and practice, practice, practice," says Sandra Gothard, director for the Weight Management Plattsburgh office.
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Proposed cuts in Medicare payments could hurt hospitals
Hospital officials throughout the North Country are concerned about legislation under consideration by Congress that could have a negative impact on their outpatient clinics.
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Parents and groups concerned over K2
Spice, the collective title for the substances that can pack more of a punch than marijuana, is readily available at stores around the North Country. While marked not for human consumption, it is often smoked or made into a kind of herbal infusion.
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