Over-the-counter pain medications are commonly used in suicide attempts among young people.

A federal grant will help North Country Family Health renovate its Lowville clinic.

If you want to become a home health aide or certified nursing assistant, Samaritan Medical Center will train you, pay you during training, and give you a job when you're done.

A new study of post-menopausal women with aggressive breast cancer found adding a targeted therapy drug called ribociclib to standard hormone therapy significantly improved their overall survival.

It's peak season for apple picking. The apples are not only good to eat, they are good for you.

Get your flu shot and wash your hands often -- flu season is soon upon us.

It's been three and a half years since the criteria for pediatric heart transplants was revised in the U.S.

Urgent care is often a good alternative to going to the emergency room -- but not always.

A new Rutgers study shows doctors in the U.S. are increasingly prescribing off-label medications for children.

United Helpers has a new mental health clinic in Canton and it's bringing more psychology, at-home care and housing assistance to St. Lawrence County.

Samaritan Medical Center has a support group for people who suffer the effects of a brain injury.

A new study from the American Heart Association finds nearly two-thirds of medical students had some degree of hypertension.

A Fort Drum woman gave a part of herself, a kidney, so a stranger could live.

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.

Swedish researchers have linked increased body weight in teenage boys to heart attacks before the age of 65.

It's a genetic disease so rare few doctors have ever treated it. Hunter Van Ells was born with it. In DeGrasse, he's inspiring parents and family.

It's Sharon Charlebois' birthday and she came to the 7 News studio to help her mom, Jamie Kalk, teach us about fitness.

Volunteers at Samaritan Medical Center are holding a mystery dinner theater to raise money to help cancer patients.

New research suggests more doctors need to promote healthy lifestyle changes to patients who survived cancer.

Lewis County health officials are praising a new law signed this month by Governor Cuomo which requires large group insurers to cover medically necessary mammograms for women under 40.

These days when you go under the knife, you might be going under the robot.

Summer did not bring an end to the measles outbreak.

Add vaccinations to your back to school list.

It might feel as if fall is closing in fast, but there's still plenty of summer left.

Samaritan Medical Center is cutting the ribbon on its Women and Children's Center and inpatient mental health unit next week.

New research blames the protein tau for attacking the parts of the brain responsible for staying awake during the day.

Health professionals are urging you to "rethink your drink" and be mindful of the amount of sugar you're drinking.

Heat exhaustion is less about the temperature and more about your body's ability to cool itself.

A landmark international study describes frailty as a medical condition, not an inevitable result of aging.

Have you ever wondered where there's fresh local produce or physical activities in Lewis County? Well, there's now an app for that.

It’s called interventional radiology and it’s a way to perform procedures in the most minimally invasive way.

A large international study suggests it's the recovery period after surgery that's the riskiest for most patients, not the operation itself.

Community wellness is part of the goal of the new Double Play Teen and Senior Center that opened this week in Lowville.

Samaritan Medical Center is offering a new diagnostic tool for analyzing swallowing problems.

A new study finds women in northern California are using marijuana more frequently before and during pregnancy.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has made New York the 17th state in the nation to raise the age for buying tobacco products to 21.

Work on Samaritan Medical Center's Center for Women & Children is moving right along.

The CDC says there were only 14 new reported cases of measles last week.

A 17 year wait for a donor is over

A reminder to get your shots before the school year starts

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What do you do if your fireworks don't go off?

Samaritan Medical Center needs certified nursing assistants.

The CDC says the recent flu vaccine did not work so well because it was a mismatch for the H3N2 strain that popped up after the season was well underway.

A plea for an organ on car stickers is traveling around the north country. We meet the family searching for a kidney.

Can-Am Speedway in LaFargeville is hosting an event next month that will benefit Children’s Miracle Network.

Veterans seeking treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder are twice as likely to die from suicide, accidental injury, or viral hepatitis.

The deadline is approaching for the second annual Susan Peters Nursing Scholarship.

New research finds personal care products send a young child to the emergency room an average of every two hours.

The Red Cross held a blood drive at Salmon Run Mall Thursday in an effort to replenish its Missing Types campaign.

Samaritan Medical Center is hosting a certified lactation counselor course next month.

New research finds a connection between exposure to artificial light at night with increased risk of weight gain in women.

We're not seeing the sun as much as we'd like these days, but when the clouds do break, it's important to protect yourself and your children.

Measles is a very serious disease and the United States is in the middle of its biggest outbreak since 1992.

A new study suggests flossing and brushing your teeth could help prevent Alzheimer's.

Getting out of the office and onto the playing field - eight teams are taking part in the 2nd Annual Lewis County Community Cup this week.

The Watertown YMCA and Samaritan Medical Center are teaming up for a program designed to help Parkinson's sufferers.

Heart failure patients who have healthy levels of gut bacteria have a reduced risk of death and are less likely to need a heart transplant.