Spokane startup Appiture is exploring new handheld technology for a fast and noninvasive way to screen for autism spectrum disorder in children. The idea was born from research by Georgina Lynch, an associate professor in the Department of Speech

Two separate health care partnerships here - one involving MultiCare Health System and the other involving Washington State University - have created relationships with mobile health care services to provide treatment for different patient populations

As many as one in five mothers experience postpartum depression, says Spokane-based licensed independent clinical social worker and therapist Corynn Manske. 'We pretty much all know somebody, whether we know it or not, who has gone through it,”

As the daughter of Coeur d'Alene artist Stephen Shortridge, Hayley Shortridge-Gabriel foresaw a future that was going to resemble something similar to that of her father's. At least until the reality of an artistic lifestyle set in. 'The idea of

For the first time in the nation's history, the enrollment of women in medical degrees has surpassed male enrollment, a trend that Spokane-area medical schools say has found its way into their halls. And what's more, they report that a growing

Spokane County's rate of deaths from falls is more than double of that of the rest of the U.S. and Washington state as a whole, according to Spokane Regional Health District.