Whitney Young Health is proud to announce that Susan Johnson, our CPTS Program’s PrEP Specialist has been awarded the “Friend of the Family” award by In Our Own Voices, a non-profit organization that serves the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgender people of color.
The award is given out to an ally…
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Myth Busters: All Sugar is Bad
On this week’s edition of Myth Busters: National Nutrition Month edition, we have Molly Ward, RD, CDN, CDE, Whitney Young Health’s Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator busting the myth that all sugar is bad for you, when it’s actually not. — Naturally occurring sugars are sugars that naturally exist in whole foods. Fructose is…
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Whitney Young Health center relocating to new location in Troy
Whitney Young Health to Relocate Troy Health Center This Summer
TROY, NY – Whitney Young Health today announced that they will be relocating their North Troy health center in summer of this year. This new and improved health center will be located at Riverside Plaza, 849 2nd Avenue in Troy.
This state-of-the-art, 4,950 square-foot health center is projected to be open this summer. The new…
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Whitney Young Health moving Troy health center
Myth Busters: Ketogenic Diet or “Keto”
Happy National Nutrition Month! Each week we will have a post from one of Whitney Young Health’s registered dietitians, focusing on various aspects of nutrition. This week we have Dylan Farnan, DTR, our WIC Program’s Qualified Nutritionist giving you the facts on the popular eating trend, the ketogenic diet.
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1. What is…
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WYH Provider Given Award by Fidelis Care
Please join us in congratulating Brooke Raveendranath, a Nurse Practitioner at our Watervliet City Schools’ School-Based Health Center for being awarded for her work with Fidelis Care’s Backpack Heroes program. Brooke participated in one of their live events at Watervliet Elementary School in late 2018.
The Backpack Heroes program helps alleviate childhood hunger by discreetly…
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Whitney Young Health Hosts Ribbon Cutting for New Breastfeeding Lounge
Whitney Young Health’s WIC Program, a state-funded program for pregnant, postpartum women, infants and children under the age of five, hosted a ribbon cutting of a new breastfeeding lounge at their Albany Health Center. This lounge was funded through a grant awarded to St. Peter’s Health Partners by the Albany County Department of Health. The…
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