Meetings & Events The Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold a Business Connections Breakfast, titled Biz Buzz, on Friday, Jan. 15, from 6:30 to 8 a.m., at the Mirabeau Park Hotel, 1100 N. Sullivan, in Spokane Valley. For more
Young women with a weight problem often say the weight started creeping up when they had their first child and they found they had less time to exercise. When researchers added up all factors, though, they found that the fact that a woman is and a
Using the antibody Herceptin with chemotherapy, instead of after, improves treatment of women with HER2+ breast cancer, and should be the new standard of care, says a Mayo Clinic researcher who led what is regarded to be a key clinical trial the of
The Essential Woman Boutique is trying to become more visible in its efforts to help its customers reverse appearance-related side effects associated with breast cancer and their battle against the disease, says Carlotta Lavagetto, the boutique's a
Postmenopausal women who take antidepressants face a small but statistically significant increased risk for stroke and death compared with those who don't take the drugs, new study findings indicate.The findings are from the federally-funded, by
The findings of a Women's Sports Foundation research team are shedding new light on the social and physical benefits that sports programs offer to girls and women.Released last month and entitled "Her Life Depends on It II," the study is a more
A recent study linking adolescent obesity in women with increased risk of developing multiple sclerosis is interesting in its possible connection to a lack of vitamin D, says Dr. Roger Cooke, medical director at Providence Holy Family Hospital's to
Spokane County has a far higher percentage of women who smoke during pregnancy than other areas of the state, a statistic well known to public health officials here, who say that while it's not entirely clear why that's the case, they hope to of a
The owner of about 285 acres of farmland in the Deep Creek area west of Fairchild Air Force Base says he hopes to sell about 13 10-acre lots from the property for home construction.The property is located south of U.S. 2 and just west of Ritchey
The city of Post Falls says it's working on a proposed master plan for Corbin Park that envisions adding a small campground and several picnic shelters and reconfiguring roads, parking, a softball field, and the park's disc golf course.In to and