For Wayne Hacker, 52, of Lansingburgh, losing 181 lbs. in one year would have been impossible to accomplish alone. Wayne had already been a primary patient at Whitney Young Health’s Troy Health Center for a couple years, where he was treated for diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure) and morbid obesity. With the help of Molly…
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April is Alcohol Awareness Month, a month dedicated to helping reduce the stigma associated with alcoholism. This week we have Jacalynn Romeyn, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Program Manager of WYH’s FACTS program. The FACTS Outpatient Substance Use Treatment Services provides support and guidance to those wanting to kick their addiction and regain control of their…
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It’s the final days of National Nutrition Month and to wrap it up, Kathryn Palmer, WIC Director at Whitney Young Health is putting the spotlight how a high-sodium diet can cause negative effects in your body and what you can do to fight it.
A recent study in the American Journal of Health estimates…
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This week’s edition of National Nutrition Month is from Molly Ward, a Certified Diabetes Educator and Registered Dietitian at Whitney Young Health. Molly is putting the spotlight on sugar and the steps you can take to eliminate it from your diet.
The message around sugar is clear, consume less. What is not so clear…
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This week’s edition of National Nutrition Month is from Jennifer Bannigan, a Dietetic Intern at Whitney Young Health. Laura is putting the spotlight on how easy it is to incorporate fruits and vegetables into you and your family’s daily diet.
As a mother of three kids, I’m always looking for ways to save time…
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This week’s edition of National Nutrition Month is from Laura Speranzi, a WIC Nutritionist at Whitney Young Health. Laura is putting the spotlight on whole grains and how they are an important component to maintaining a healthy diet. (Grain bowls image credit: Vegan Liftz).
You keep hearing about eating more whole grains…so what is a…
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Did you know March is National Nutrition Month?
Nutrition Month is so important as it highlights making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits it affects everyone, no matter what their age and gender is. Throughout the month, Whitney Young Health providers who specialize in Nutrition will be discussing various aspects of…
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Stress is inevitable. If you didn’t have stress in your life, you wouldn’t be able to function properly in society. Stress makes you more aware, more focused, and more responsive in order to perform your daily activities. In your body, you produce three major stress hormones: Cortisol, Adrenaline, and Norepinephrine. These hormones fluctuate in your…
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Every year, one in four deaths are caused by heart disease. In addition, the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States is heart disease. Heart disease is preventable by healthy lifestyle choices and management of other health conditions.
Here is what you can do to prevent heart disease…
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Prior to the passage of the Affordable Care Act, holes in the health insurance system left people at risk – especially young adults and people with pre-existing health conditions. When the flawed system failed Rose Mitchell-Tenerowicz, 32, of Albany, Whitney Young Health was there to help her and her unborn child. This is their story….
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