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.

Seattle-based nonprofit Community Health Plan of Washington has opened its first office in Spokane. Located in the Rock Pointe Corporate Center, at 1212 N. Washington, the new, 2,000-square-foot office will serve as CHPW's regional headquarters, which

Having offered health care lab screenings to employers throughout the Inland Northwest for years, WorkWell Consultants Inc. now has its sights set on a wider swath of the population, founders of Spokane-based company say. 'We originally started by