Spokane-area businesses have gotten creative in how they help raise funds for charitable causes, rolling up their sleeves for events ranging from cutting hair to serving chili and pouring wine. "Being a local company and being supported by our
Community Health Association of Spokane (CHAS), a medical- and dental-care provider that operates seven clinics, says it will move two of its Spokane-area clinics before year-end. Also, it says it plans to open an urgent-care center in Spokane next
Northwest MedStar, Inland Northwest Health Services' critical-care medical transport service, now will have at least one registered nurse on duty at its Spokane dispatch center during the peak time for transports, following a pilot program testing
Using ice cream, candy bars, and energy drinks to help volunteers gain weight, Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered the mechanisms of how body fat grows. Increased abdominal fat seems to heighten risk for metabolic disease, while fat expansion a
Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered a way to turn off the immune system's allergic reaction to certain food proteins in mice, a discovery that could have implications for the millions of people who suffer severe reactions to foods, such as and
The Coeur d'Alene Tribe says it has received $11.8 million in federal funds to help build a new, $17.3 million Benewah Medical Center, in Plummer, Idaho, located about 30 miles south of Coeur d'Alene along U.S. 95.The tribe says it expects to a
Dr. David Hoak, medical director of Spokane Valley-based InCyte Pathology Inc., has been elected president of the American Pathology Foundation, a nonprofit professional society headquartered in Laguna Beach, Calif.The American Pathology and to
Keep your eye on the Riverpoint Campusthings are happening there. It's a growing, vibrant, and exciting place. With the arrival of the first 20 students who entered medical school at Washington State University Spokane in 2008, medical took a
Two Spokane businessmen who invested in Sandpoint-based rehab-equipment maker Pneumex Inc. have launched a company here that hopes to create a chain of specialized rehabilitation clinics that would use Pneumex's equipment and treatment businessmen,
Super-sized electromagnetic coils are helping explain how aquatic life might be affected by renewable energy devices being considered for placement along America's coastal waters and in the nation's rivers.Scientists with the U.S. Department of