With its first foray into medical devices, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories is hoping to help children with autism spectrum disorder get diagnosed and into care earlier in life.
Q. Why don’t some medical professionals recognize norovirus more readily? My friend had vomiting with diarrhea, stomach cramps and fever. When she described her illness to me via text, I suggested it could be norovirus.
A Mayo Clinic-led team of researchers is solving one of the most frustrating aspects of genetic cancer screening – results that give zero guidance to patients on whether they are at elevated risk.
As of President Donald Trump’s first day back in office Monday, the United States is leaving the World Health Organization. Some local experts think such a move might leave Spokane and the United States unprepared for the next pandemic.
Some doula services are now covered for Washington residents on Apple Health, a significant change in the way the state pays for pregnancy and labor care for almost half its annual births.
Q. I had the flu in March 2020 and then came down with another infection. I think it was COVID-19, but there were no home tests at the time. Even though my case was no worse than the flu, it left me with brain fog. I couldn’t concentrate well enough to pay a few bills and organize a simple budget.
There was a 9.6-year gap between years lived in good health and total lifespans among people living in 183 countries, and the United States had the greatest “healthspan”-lifespan gap of any of them, according to research in JAMA Network Open.
Starting next week, a new downtown respite center will give unhoused people in Spokane a place to recuperate and heal off the street and out of the hospital.
I recently rang in 2025 by turning the big 6-0. That equals 3,120 weeks, 21,900 days or 525,600 hours. A milestone? Hardly. More a reminder that I need to begin thinking about selecting my tombstone.
People who receive physical therapy shortly after suffering concussions have better outcomes than those who wait longer to start rehabilitation programs, a recent analysis suggests.
The U.S. surgeon general’s advisory Friday calling for health warning labels on alcohol to include risks of certain cancers raises questions about whether there is a safe amount of alcohol consumption and how much does alcohol raise the risk of certain cancers.
January can be an excellent opportunity to reset, but many fitness resolutions – like sculpting a six-pack or losing a lot of weight – can be unrealistic or unsustainable. When taken to extremes, they can also end up hurting your body image, mental health and metabolism.
Standing tall in Spokane’s West Central Neighborhood, the NATIVE Project’s new Children and Youth Services Center is expected to open its doors to patients by the end of February.
Women living in rural communities have higher rates of menopause symptoms than their city neighbors, research from the University of Washington has found, underscoring the lack of health care access in those areas.
For Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the activist whom President-elect Donald Trump will nominate to serve as the secretary of health and human services, the solution to obesity in America – now at 40% of adults – is straightforward: “The first line of response should be lifestyle,” he told Jim Cramer in a Dec. 12 interview on CNBC.
The first influenza death in Spokane County occurred last week, leading local health officials to warn about the seriousness of the respiratory virus and encouraging residents to get vaccinated.
Q. I just opened a sealed bottle of bupropion XL 300 milligrams. It appears that this product was manufactured in India, which makes me nervous. Worse, though, is the terrible smell like rotten eggs. I’ve been taking bupropion for years, and I’ve never smelled anything like this.
