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A guy in Louisiana wanted to prove that Gorilla Glue isn't sticky, so he stuck a red solo cup to his lip - and then he needed to go to the ER to get it off.

From boiled carrots to treat asthma to using cocaine to treat hay fever, this list really shows what people would do to beat any kind of illness. Source: Mental Floss

This woman went to the emergency room because her thong gave her an abscess, and if she didn't get it treated she could have died! Source: Buzzfeed  

The Northeast Skiology Facebook group, run by Matt Brambles from Niskayuna, has turned their focus to 3D printing much needed medical face shields.

We're happy to have the warmer weather but with that comes ticks and apparently, we're facing a "tick explosion" for 2019.

Josh Woodward works for the Albany International Airport Fire Department and volunteers for the North Bethlehem Fire Department and, Capital Region, he needs you.

A new report released by the New York State Department of Health had some interesting suggestions. News 10 abc initially reported on the Department of Health Report, as the second two-year report the state has released.  Reading through, I found the recommendations interesting...

Millions of health records have been hacked in previous years, this is adding to the whopping number of people who could be affected.

Do you have respiratory symptoms, a rash, or diarrhea? Then you have the flu because you did not get the flu shot, Albany Medical Center Infection Preventionist Megan Helmecke said "Once you get it, you'll never miss a flu shot again." But is that a challenge?

Today marks the grand opening of the third medical marijuana dispensary in Albany County, Vireo Health.

It appears as though Jimmy Kimmel, of ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," is NOT in support of the anti-vaccination movement.

Last year, a Canadian couple took a dream vacation to Hawaii. The woman was six months pregnant at the time. Two days into the trip, her water broke, she gave birth to her baby and then spent the next six months on bed rest in a Hawaii hospital. Her daughter, born nine weeks premature, spent two months in the intensive-care unit. Despite having purchased insurance before the trip and getting appro