Preterm birth rates from the local to the national level have remained fairly stable for the past few decades, but some in the obstetrical care community say the fact rates haven't declined is frustrating.

After 20 years of chronic back pain, former Stevens County Commissioner Fran Bessermin decided quality of life was more important than the fear of having spinal surgery and elected to undergo a new surgery technique developed last year.

Though notable strides in workplace culture and policy change undoubtedly have improved employment conditions for many women over the last several decades, the impacts of sexism on women are particularly evident in male-dominated fields.

New research shows the use of cannabis among pregnant women is increasing as both medical and recreational marijuana are legalized in more states.

The growing trend of medical clinics entering neighborhoods will continue here in 2020. Big hospitals are still prominent places in the community, but increasingly, medical offices now are in residential neighborhoods, occupying space in mixed-use

Amy Knapton Vega has been executive director of the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery for about 13 years. The nonprofit organization, named for a Spokane two-year-old who died in 1982 due to injuries from child abuse, has been serving children at risk of abuse