RPI to collaborate with Mount Sinai

If a unique collaboration between RPI and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City takes off as envisioned, it will bring new business to the Capital Region.

Theatre unveils new technology for hearing impaired.

Capital Rep is premiering new technology that promises to enhance the theatrical experience for the hearing impaired.

Trio shares Albany Medical Center prize

April Seely took off from teaching her English class at Union College today to meet the doctors whose research saved her life and the lives of countless others.

Lyme disease, other tick-borne illnesses pose wide ranging problems

New York ranks third in the nation for confirmed cases of Lyme disease. The CDC says Lyme is epidemic and the fastest growing insect-borne, infectious disease in the country.

Study: No higher cancer rate at Conn. Pratt plants

An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among workers.

Hobby Lobby tests birth-control coverage mandate

In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.

WHO: Scientific red tape mars efforts vs. virus

International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to disease samples, the head of the World Health Organization warned Thursday.

Alabama mystery illness solved: it’s common flu

Health officials investigating a cluster of mysterious illnesses in Alabama closed their investigation Thursday after determining the illnesses were unrelated and no new bacteria or viruses were involved.

US companies challenging contraception mandate

Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is challenging the part of the federal health care law that requires for-profit companies to offer employees health coverage that includes products the business owners find morally objectionable, such as certain types of contraception.

Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births

The nation’s record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report.

Shuttered NM plant resumes making peanut butter

The eastern New Mexico peanut butter plant shuttered eight months ago after a salmonella outbreak is back in production, and company officials say their coveted natural and organic butters could be back on store shelves within a month.

Report: Nation’s kids need to get more physical

Reading, writing, arithmetic _ and PE?

Teen birth rates decline in most US states

The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury

A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation. It was Poland’s first face transplant.

Vote on pot shops could end lingering LA issue

Voters approved a law limiting the number of medical pot shops in Los Angeles after politicians failed for years to corral the blossoming industry.

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