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1 Cutting through breast-cancer confusion Health and Family
So when an influential federal panel of independent experts last week advised most women in their 40s to forgo regular mammograms — and pronounced self exams largely useless as well — it not only defied medical convention but also seemed to buck common sense.
11/22/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
2 Swedish threatens to end Regence BlueShield's contract Health and Family
The largest hospital system in the Puget Sound area is threatening to end its contract with the state's largest health insurer unless it receives higher payments for medical services.
11/20/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
3 Breast-cancer guidelines touch off firestorm Health and Family
To Gail DeGiulio, new breast-cancer guidelines from a national panel of medical experts saying most women in their 40s shouldn't bother with annual mammograms weren't merely startling news. They smacked of a potential death sentence.
11/18/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
4 Breast-cancer advice shifts Health and Family
Upending one of the most widely followed medical directives for women, an influential panel of experts is recommending that women 50 and older get screened for breast cancer only once every two years and that most women in their 40s skip the test altogether.
11/17/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
5 Seniors skeptical of health overhaul Health and Family
• An end to Medicare's infamous "doughnut hole" insurance gap that leaves many seniors having to pick up the full cost for their prescriptions in the middle of their coverage.
11/17/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
6 Hundreds show up at Seattle pharmacy for shot at flu vaccine Education
It was a swine-flu vaccine trifecta: Katterman's Sand Point Pharmacy had 700 doses to dispense; it had the injectable form of the H1N1 vaccine, safe for pregnant women, the very young and the ill; and the vaccine was for any eligible person 6 months old and older.
11/12/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
7 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tours Seattle's Swedish after health-care vote Local News
Just two days after shepherding a landmark health-care bill through the U.S. House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Seattle on Monday to see how one hospital is already delivering care in much the same way as the bill encourages.
11/9/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
8 A dose of anger, doubt over swine-flu vaccine shortage Health and Family
Take an acute shortage of swine-flu vaccine, two distinct forms of it, plus latitude given by the state to local health officials about how to dole it out — and what do you get?
11/6/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
9 'We did all we could' to keep 787 work, Gregoire says, but GOP disagrees Local News
Republicans quickly blamed Democrats Wednesday for failing to prevent Boeing from deciding to build a second 787 final-assembly plant in South Carolina. But Gov. Chris Gregoire said nobody was at fault, and that Boeing told her there was nothing the state could have done.
10/29/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
10 Hospital execs: I-1033 hurts health plan Politics
Imagine that your spending could rise only in tandem with the rate of inflation — even if you suddenly needed to replace your roof or the water heater went bust.
10/23/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
11 Cantwell's tenacity yields results on health-care bill Politics
Not even the Washington Democrat calls the measure a substitute for a public option. But its inclusion in the bill is a telling example of what some call Cantwell's dogged legislative style and a penchant for pragmatism over ideology.
10/14/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
12 Fruit trees donated to P-Patch to spread green ideas Local News
It began with a call for help on Twitter, elicited a tip from Nebraska and ended with a corporation donating five fruit trees worth a grand total of $120.
10/4/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
13 Flu shots mandatory at Virginia Mason Health and Family
Seattle's Virginia Mason Medical Center on Thursday became the first hospital in the state to require all employees to get vaccinated against swine flu, replicating a mandate it adopted for seasonal-flu vaccines in 2004.
10/2/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
14 State urged to require swine-flu shots for hospital staff Local News
The Washington State Hospital Association is urging the state to make flu shots mandatory for health-care workers — a dramatic step that the state's top health official is already rejecting as unnecessary government intrusion.
10/1/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
15 Group Health ending some vacation accrual Local News
Needing to cut expenses by millions of dollars but reluctant to furlough workers with swine flu taking hold, Group Health Cooperative on Thursday said it will halt vacation accrual for nonunion workers for the rest of the year.
9/25/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
16 Dining Deals: Local ingredients star at Homegrown Entertainment
The 23-year-old proprietors, Ben Friedman and Brad Gillis, have an activist bent and a yearning for the days of good, unadulterated foods. The former kindergarten buddies aim to rescue your health and the health of our planet, bite by bite.
9/25/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
17 Northwest Hospital & Medical Center to become part of UW Medicine system Local News
Northwest Hospital & Medical Center will become part of UW Medicine, pairing one of King County's smaller community hospitals with the region's leading teaching and research medical institution.
9/17/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
18 Hutch researchers calculate likely spread of swine flu in homes, schools Health and Family
It's known that swine flu is a fairly highly contagious disease. What's been less clear is just how quickly the H1N1 virus gets transmitted in homes and schools — and how effective vaccines would be in containing a widespread outbreak.
9/10/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
19 Swine flu could strike a third of state residents this fall, experts predict Local News
The possibility that an outbreak of swine flu could sicken a third or more of state residents was a key topic of a "pandemic summit" Tuesday convened by Gov. Chris Gregoire.
9/8/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
20 Swine-flu outbreak hits 2,000 at WSU; other schools wary Health and Family
Washington State University has reported the first large-scale return of swine flu in the state since spring's pandemic, with the latest outbreak striking almost as soon as students returned to school Aug. 24.
9/5/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results