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Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 9:28 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
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Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 7:15 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
Loneliness accelerates aging and some comorbidities are likely to produce the worst outcomes for COVID-19.
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Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 9:13 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
Deciding on your workout routine can be a roll of the dice.
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Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 7:32 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
A new report shows most pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. are preventable and adding a yoga program to your daily routine can improve your quality of life.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 2:27 PM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
Here’s a sign of how far we’ve come when it comes to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 11:04 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
It’s National Recovery Month and Samaritan Medical Center wants you to know it can help.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 6:23 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
A drop in spay and neuter surgeries is putting pressure on animal shelters and kids who’ve had concussions may feel the impact at school.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 9:15 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
It’s the job of a hand therapist to restore the normal mechanics when something’s not right with one of your upper extremities.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 8:07 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
There are good reasons to get that snoring under control and there’s new data on the COVID vaccine.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 5:07 PM EDT
|By Lexi Bruening
While physical and dental health seems to be recovering since the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health continues to decline.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 8:56 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
A celebration is planned for patients of Samaritan Medical Center’s Walker Center for Cancer Care.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 7:39 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
There's a good reason to have a cup of black tea and there are new questions about the use of an ineffective COVID treatment.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 1:15 PM EDT
|By Hayden Wentworth, 7 News Intern
EMS services can never have too many hands on deck.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 9:32 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
Fitness expert Jamie Kalk recommends that people get out and enjoy the nice weather before it turns cold.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 9:34 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
Pfizer is asking for emergency authorization for a booster shot that covers the latest COVID-19 subvariants.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 8:06 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
Sufficient exercise may reduce the risk of severe COVID-19 and new data on why pregnant women need to get the right vitamins.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 4:08 PM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
The Biden Administration’s goal is to stop having the government pay for your Covid vaccine, treatments and tests.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 4:58 PM EDT
|By Chad Charette
While you’re shopping for produce or grabbing lunch at the downtown farmers market in Watertown, you can now pick up a new skill.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 3:36 PM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
With the drug now legal in New York, Marijuana “edible” poisoning is becoming more common among children and teenagers.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 8:20 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
Samaritan Medical Center has the only inpatient acute rehabilitation unit between Syracuse and Vermont.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 7:34 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
A new study found a five-day delay in identifying COVID cases and isolating contacts hampered tracing efforts early in the pandemic.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 5:16 PM EDT
|By Sandy Torres
The Gouverneur Breast Cancer Fund and Compassionate Care Foundation are working to get north country residents free cancer treatments.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 8:42 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
Just because you’re out of town, it doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice keeping fit.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 8:56 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
Samaritan Medical Center is one of 170 member hospitals of the Children’s Miracle Network.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 5:51 PM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
Obese people who restricted their caloric intake and ate within a 12-hour window lost weight and fat as well as lowered their blood pressure, heart rate, glucose, and insulin levels.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 5:44 PM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D. - NY) wants the Defense Production Act to be used to get more monkeypox vaccines produced.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 8:54 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
Samaritan Health has a class each month to teach people how to care for their new families.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 8:09 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
A coalition of women’s health professionals has issued new guidelines to help prevent obesity in middle-aged women.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 4:26 PM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
Since May, COVID cases in Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties are down by around 40%, while Lewis county’s COVID cases are down by almost 60%.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 10:49 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
Just because you take your kids to the playground, it doesn’t mean you have to skip your workout.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 2:12 PM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
Samaritan purchased the buildings - at 716 and 720 Washington Street - for more than half a million dollars.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 10:31 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
COVID-19 is once again sweeping through Samaritan Keep Home in Watertown.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 9:17 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
They’re called “integrative therapies” and they’re meant to work hand in hand with standard cancer treatments.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 6:48 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
New research out of the U.K. shows COVID long-haulers experiencing a longer list of symptoms, including hair loss and sexual dysfunction.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 8:20 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
The festival supports the Samaritan Foundation and children’s programs at the Watertown Family YMCA.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 8:29 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
The legalization of recreational marijuana led to an increase in traffic crashes and fatalities, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 5:52 PM EDT
|By Chad Charette
If you’re dealing with chronic pain, you might be interested in an upcoming webinar about advanced treatments.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 10:25 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
The exercises are designed to both work your muscles and get your heart rate up.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 8:59 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
It’s important to lather on that sunscreen, even on a cloudy day.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 8:12 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
A new study confirms that a nuclear stress test can help identify which people need heart procedures.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2022 at 9:33 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
Samaritan Medical Center now has an online tool for scheduling mammograms.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2022 at 6:48 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
Around the world, more than 260 million people suffer from asthma, and their numbers keep growing.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 4:21 PM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
The free Lewis County Covid-19 community testing program at Lewis County Health System will close on Friday.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 8:57 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
They do a circuit that involves tire flips, ball bounces, a kettle bell lift, a sprint, and pushups.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 8:32 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
If you’re getting treatment for breast or other cancers at Samaritan Medical Center, you won’t be on your own.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 6:58 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
Scientists in Japan are homing in on a mysterious COVID-19 side effect: its ability to interrupt the body’s metabolism and even trigger diabetes in some people.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 5:14 PM EDT
|By Chad Charette
The state Department of Health has ordered more than 64,000 new doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines now that the federal government updated its guidelines to allow Covid shots for children as young as six months old.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 9:03 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
Entry level positions are available in food service, housekeeping, patient registration, clinic office support, lab assistants, and certified nursing assistants.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 7:20 AM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
A new study in the journal “Current Medical Research and Opinion” found the odds of females developing long COVID is 22% higher than males.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 2:35 PM EDT
|By Brendan Straub
Emergency management services in rural areas face plenty of challenges. That’s why two organizations are merging to create more of an opportunity for north country EMS crews.