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Grant seeks to improve health care for Utica–area refugees
UTICA — The Neighborhood Center Inc. of Utica will use a grant of more than $500,000 to help improve the health care of the local refugee population in Oneida County. The funding is among nearly $5 million in grants for 13 projects that the Syracuse–based Central New York Care Collaborative announced on July 2. With […]
Upstate Medical starts geriatrics department
SYRACUSE — Geriatrics, the branch of medicine that deals with the health and care of older adults, is the focus of a new clinical department at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse. The creation of a department of geriatrics will bring additional funding for “enhanced” services, faculty positions and research, “all aimed at the care and
Schumer calls on SSA to boost funding for Syracuse field office
CICERO — U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) is calling on the Social Security Administration (SSA) to pour additional funding into the Syracuse field office to pay for additional staff and equipment. The Syracuse office has “the longest waits in New York,” said Schumer. “The Syracuse hearing office has a backlog of 9,000 claims.
Doctor returns to practice after two decades on the business side of health care
CARTHAGE — After nearly two decades of working on the business side of health care, Ancy Kunnumpurath, M.D., has returned to be a practicing physician. She is an internist at Carthage Family Health Center, a unit of Carthage Area Hospital. In 1998, Kunnumpurath and her husband Francis, a CPA, founded SpectraMedi Transcription Services, a nationwide
“Text Neck” Means Trouble – For Those Addicted to Mobile Devices
Well before the invention of cell phones, medical experts agreed that poor posture is the leading cause of back and neck pain. But the explosion of 24/7 cell-phone use has seriously compounded this problem — and even given rise to a new medical condition called “text neck.” “Text neck” is the nickname for all the
Binghamton University to use $3M federal award for battery and energy-storage research
VESTAL, N.Y. — A Binghamton University professor will use $3 million in federal funding to continue research on battery systems and energy storage. Professor Stanley
State DEC kills plan for LPG storage in Finger Lakes
ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has denied an application for an underground liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage facility
Cortland Transit extends bus route to help employer
MARATHON, N.Y. — Cortland Transit has extended one of its routes to make it easier for workers to get to Square Deal Machining, Inc. (SDMI).
MVCC, University at Buffalo sign affiliation agreement
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) and University at Buffalo’s (UB) School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have signed an affiliation agreement to
People news: Oswego Health PrimeCare adds Peterson to Central Square office
CENTRAL SQUARE, N.Y. — Dr. Jill Peterson, DO, has joined the staff of Oswego Health’s PrimeCare office in Central Square. Peterson, an experienced family practice
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