CapitalCare Medical Group

When choosing health care for your family, trust our caring professionals. CapitalCare offers primary care services in Family Practice, Pediatrics and Internal Medicine at 25 locations throughout the Capital District. CapitalCare also provides services in Endocrinology, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, medical nutrition therapy, and comprehensive diabetes education, and operates a state-of-the-art clinical laboratory. CapitalCare welcomes new patients and participates with most major health insurance carriers.

Current Healthcare Articles

CDC report finds large decline in lower-limb amputations among U.S. adults with diagnosed diabetes
The rate of leg and foot amputations among U.S. adults aged 40 and older with diagnosed diabetes declined by 65 percent between 1996 and 2008, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published today in the journal, Diabetes Care.

CDC Telebriefing on Vital Signs Report: Binge Drinking
CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new Vital Signs report on binge drinking in adults.

Binge drinking is bigger problem than previously thought
More than 38 million U.S. adults binge drink an average of four times a month and the most drinks they consume on average is eight according to a new Vital Signs report form the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Intimate Partner Violence Widespread in the US
On average, 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States, according to findings released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Many young children overdosing from medicines at home
Each year, one of every 150 two-year-olds visits an emergency department in the United States for an unintentional medication overdose, most often after finding and eating or drinking medicines without adult supervision.