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Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on "Support Services," then, on the right side of the page, click on "Classes" or "Support...
Date: 05/29/2012 | Life
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on “Support Services,” then, on the right side of the page, click on “Classes” or “Support...
Date: 05/22/2012 | Life
Woman sees her hands ravaged by flesh-eating-bacteria
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A Georgia graduate student fighting a rare flesh-eating infection has been looking at her ravaged hands and asking about the damage, all without tears, her father said Wednesday.
Date: 05/16/2012 | Nation & World
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on "Support Services," then, on the right side of the page, click on "Classes" or "Support Groups."
Date: 05/15/2012 | Life
New plan in battle against Alzheimer's
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration adopts a landmark national strategy to fight Alzheimer's on Tuesday, setting the clock ticking toward a deadline of 2025 to finally find effective ways to treat, or at least stall, the mind-destroying disease.
Date: 05/14/2012 | Nation & World
Student with flesh-eating bug mouths questions
AUGUSTA, Ga. — After 10 days in the hospital, a Georgia graduate student fighting a rare flesh-eating infection isn’t letting the breathing tube in her throat stop her from mouthing questions such as “Where am I?” and “How long have I been here?”
Date: 05/14/2012 | Nation & World
Whooping cough epidemic declared in state
SEATTLE -- Washington state’s worst outbreak of whooping cough in decades has prompted health officials to declare an epidemic, seek help from federal experts and urge residents to get vaccinated amid worry that cases of the highly contagious disease could spike much higher.
Date: 05/10/2012 | Northwest
FDA review favors first drug for HIV prevention
WASHINGTON -- A pill that has long been used to treat HIV has moved one step closer to becoming the first drug approved to prevent healthy people from becoming infected with the virus that causes AIDS.
Date: 05/08/2012 | Nation & World
State steps up efforts against whooping cough
Snohomish County will soon get nearly 3,000 doses of whooping cough vaccine as part of a statewide effort to provide free immunization to uninsured adults.
Date: 05/03/2012 | Local News
Living with psoriasis, Bothell teen is ready to help others
BOTHELL -- Annie Herrera used to believe she had to hide having psoriasis.Red blotches and flaky skin made for judgmental stares from adults and children and escalated to bullying from her peers. The 13-year-old wore long sleeves during the summer and became withdrawn and shy.
Date: 05/03/2012 | Local News
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on "Support Services," then, on the right side of the page, click on "Classes" or "Support Groups."
Date: 05/01/2012 | Life
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on “Support Services,” then, on the right side of the page, click on “Classes” or “Support Groups.”
Date: 04/24/2012 | Life
2011 was a bad year for measles
ATLANTA -- Last year was the worst year for measles in the U.S. in 15 years, health officials said Thursday.
Date: 04/20/2012 | Nation & World
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on "Support Services," then, on the right side of the page, click on "Classes" or "Support Groups."
Date: 04/17/2012 | Life
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on “Support Services,” then, on the right side of the page, click on “Classes” or “Support Groups.”
Date: 04/10/2012 | Life
Hantavirus killed Grant Co. woman, officials say
EPHRATA -- County health officials have confirmed that hantavirus killed a Grant County woman last month.The Wenatchee World said the woman in her 30s was hospitalized and died on March 28.
Date: 04/08/2012 | Northwest
Stopping a deadly disease
Mom educates about whooping cough after daughter's death
Date: 04/04/2012 | Local News
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on “Support Services,” then, on the right side of the page, click on “Classes” or “Support Groups.”
Date: 04/03/2012 | Life
State GOP Senate leader has tumor in abdomen
OLYMPIA -- The top Republican in the state Senate will undergo surgery to remove a tumor in his abdomen, saying in a statement Friday that he is optimistic the procedure will be a success.
Date: 03/30/2012 | Northwest
Autism rates up, it now affects 1 in 88 children, CDC says
LOS ANGELES -- Federal health authorities have significantly raised their estimate of the prevalence of autism in children, concluding in a new study of 8-year-olds that 1 in 88 has some form of the disorder.
Date: 03/29/2012 | Nation & World
Lower death risk with heart bypass vs. angioplasty
CHICAGO -- Older patients with clogged heart arteries may have a little lower death risk over time if they get bypass operations instead of angioplasty and stents to fix the problem, new research suggests.
Date: 03/27/2012 | Nation & World
Stuffed animals help kids living with feeding tubes
MOUNTLAKE TERRACE -- For children who are fed through tubes, sometimes nothing can be done to change their condition.Something can, however, be done about their feelings of being alone.
Date: 03/27/2012 | Local News
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on "Support Services," then, on the right side of the page, click on "Classes" or "Support Groups."
Date: 03/27/2012 | Life
Drastic measures
Facing a high cancer risk, she had her breasts removed at 31
Date: 03/25/2012 | Life
Arthritis: Don't let it keep you down
Tony Kopay, a former University of Washington football player, knows about pain. As a running back, he experienced more than his fair share of bone-crunching hits, but he never felt truly sidelined until the onset of arthritis decades later.
Date: 03/25/2012 | Life
Drug-resistant TB blamed on Indian treatment flaws
NEW DELHI -- India's inadequate government-run tuberculosis treatment programs and a lack of regulation of the sale of drugs that fight the disease are responsible for the spiraling number of drug-resistant cases that are difficult to treat, health activists said Friday.
Date: 03/23/2012 | Nation & World
IBM, New York hospital training Watson in cancer
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- The medical training of IBM's speedy Watson computer will continue with a residency at a renowned Manhattan cancer hospital.
Date: 03/22/2012 | Nation & World
Whooping cough continues to spread in county
Whooping cough continues to spread at epidemic rates in Snohomish County, with the number of cases reported in the first 10 weeks of the year rapidly approaching the total for all of last year.
Date: 03/21/2012 | Local News
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on “Support Services,” then, on the right side of the page, click on “Classes” or “Support Groups.”
Date: 03/20/2012 | Life
WWU student treated for meningococcal infection
BELLINGHAM -- Ten friends of a Western Washington University student are being treated with antibiotics after it was confirmed he has a meningococcal infection.The Bellingham Herald reported that the student was hospitalized over the weekend and a lab test Monday confirmed the disease.
Date: 03/13/2012 | Northwest
Everett firefighters place at stairclimb challenge
Everett firefighters were among the top finishers at this year's Scott Firefighter Stairclimb.
Date: 03/13/2012 | Sirens
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on "Support Services," then, on the right side of the page, click on "Classes" or "Support Groups."
Date: 03/13/2012 | Life
New program links diabetes patients with resources
LEWISTON, Idaho -- A group of high-risk young adults with diabetes has been learning to cope with their disease using a virtual reality program that connects them with health care providers and others with diabetes.
Date: 03/11/2012 | Northwest
Pregnancy seems to protect against multiple sclerosis
LOS ANGELES -- Pregnancy is known to cause a remission in symptoms of multiple sclerosis in women who have MS prior to becoming pregnant. Now a study has found that multiple pregnancies may help prevent MS from ever developing.
Date: 03/07/2012 | Nation & World
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on “Support Services,” then, on the right side of the page, click on “Classes” or “Support Groups.”
Date: 03/06/2012 | Life
Getting up to date
More get immunized to ward off whooping cough, other diseases
Date: 02/29/2012 | Local News
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on “Support Services,” then, on the right side of the page, click on “Classes” or “Support Groups.”
Date: 02/28/2012 | Life
Whooping cough just keeps spreading in county
Whooping cough, already at epidemic levels, is now so widespread in Snohomish County that the number of reported cases ranks as the highest in the state.
Date: 02/21/2012 | Local News
Health resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on "Support Services," then, on the right side of the page, click on "Classes" or "Support Groups."
Date: 02/21/2012 | Life
Urinary tract infections linked to chicken
Urinary tract infections are common conditions that occur when bacteria from the intestines enter the urinary tract. New research, however, suggests that the bacteria causing these infections may come from contaminated food -- especially chickens.
Date: 02/18/2012 | Nation & World
Bird flu remains a menace, experts say
HANOI, Vietnam -- Thought bird flu was gone? Recent human deaths in Asia and Egypt are a reminder that the H5N1 virus is still alive and dangerous, and Vietnam is grappling with a new strain that has outsmarted vaccines used to protect poultry flocks.
Date: 02/18/2012 | Nation & World
Drugmaker Roche warns of counterfeit cancer drug in U.S.
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- The maker of the best-selling cancer drug Avastin is warning doctors and patients about counterfeit vials of the product distributed in the U.S.
Date: 02/15/2012 | Business
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on “Support Services,” then, on the right side of the page, click on “Classes” or “Support Groups.”
Date: 02/14/2012 | Life
Bothell-area man faces assault charge after he allegedly concealed HIV infection from sexual partner
EVERETT -- A Bothell-area man is under investigation for assault after he allegedly failed to tell his sexual partner that he is living with HIV.
Date: 02/11/2012 | Local News
Nearly 200 now report becoming ill after cheerleading event
EVERETT -- Nearly 200 people in Washington have reported being sickened with vomiting and diarrhea after attending Saturday's statewide cheerleading competition at Comcast Arena.In Snohomish County, 41 people who attended Saturday's event became ill.
Date: 02/09/2012 | Local News
36 in county now report falling ill after cheerleading event
EVERETT -- The number of cheerleaders and other people who became ill with vomiting and diarrhea after attending a statewide competition at Comcast Arena last weekend continues to grow, with 36 people in Snohomish County reporting they were sickened.
Date: 02/09/2012 | Local News
Illness suffered by many following cheerleading event in Everett
Students from at least 19 squads participating in a high school cheerleading competition held at Everett's Comcast Arena on Saturday night reportedly have become ill with vomiting and diarrhea, state health officials said Tuesday.
Date: 02/07/2012 | Local News
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on “Support Services,” then, on the right side of the page, click on “Classes” or “Support Groups.”
Date: 02/07/2012 | Life
New map pinpoints risky U.S. Lyme disease regions
CONCORD, N.H. -- Researchers who spent three years dragging sheets of fabric through the woods to snag ticks have created a detailed map they claim could improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease.
Date: 02/04/2012 | Nation & World
Planned Parenthood controversy concerns local Komen supporter
SNOHOMISH -- David Nansel has completed the Susan G. Komen Foundation's three-day, 60-mile walk twice in the past two years.
Date: 02/04/2012 | Local News
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on “Support Services,” then, on the right side of the page, click on “Classes” or “Support Groups.”
Date: 01/31/2012 | Life
Health officials hope to slow whooping cough epidemic with free vaccinations
EVERETT -- Whooping cough continues to spread at epidemic rates in Snohomish County. The number of cases reported so far this month nearly matches the number for the entire year in 2010.
Date: 01/30/2012 | Local News
Dangerous HPV found in mouths of 7 percent of adults, teens
LOS ANGELES -- An estimated 7 percent of American teens and adults carry the human papilloma virus in their mouths, an infection that puts them at heightened risk of developing cancer of the mouth and throat, researchers said Thursday.
Date: 01/27/2012 | Nation & World
Study of freakish illness, Morgellons, finds no cause
ATLANTA — Imagine having the feeling that tiny bugs are crawling on your body, that you have oozing sores and mysterious fibers sprouting from your skin. Sound like a horror movie? Well, at one point several years ago, government doctors were getting up to 20 calls a day from people saying...
Date: 01/25/2012 | Nation & World
The art of coping
Creativity helps Everett woman switch focus from disability
Date: 01/24/2012 | Life
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on "Support Services," then, on the right side of the page, click on "Classes" or "Support...
Date: 01/24/2012 | Life
Volunteers needed around the county for Relay for Life events
People who want to participate in their first ever Relay for Life event to benefit the American Cancer Society are encouraged to attend one of the upcoming information sessions.
Date: 01/18/2012 | Local News
Health resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on "Support Services," then, on the right side of the page, click on "Classes" or "Support Groups."
Date: 01/17/2012 | Life
Homicide no longer a top cause of death in U.S.
ATLANTA — For the first time in almost half a century, homicide has fallen off the list of the nation's top 15 causes of death, bumped by a lung illness that often develops in elderly people who have choked on their food.
Date: 01/11/2012 | Nation & World
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on “Support Services,” then, on the right side of the page, click on “Classes” or “Support Groups.”
Date: 01/10/2012 | Life
One family's story puts a face on whooping cough epidemic
LAKE STEVENS -- In July, just 18 days after the birth of her first grandchild, Amy Anderson looked at the infant's face and was alarmed by what she saw."She looked horrible … pale and weak," Anderson said.Then she spotted a bluish tint around the infant's eyes.
Date: 01/09/2012 | Local News
Whooping cough hits epidemic levels in county
EVERETT -- Whooping cough has reached epidemic levels in Snohomish County, health officials say, after 2011 saw a nearly ninefold increase in the number of cases compared with the year before.
Date: 01/05/2012 | Local News
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on "Support Services," then, on the right side of the page, click on "Classes" or "Support Groups."
Date: 01/03/2012 | Life
Brucellosis testing for cattle in Wash. is reduced
PULLMAN -- The testing of cattle for brucellosis has been greatly reduced in Washington after the federal government decided to send much of the work to a laboratory in Kansas.
Date: 12/30/2011 | Northwest
Newest swine flu spreads more easily
LOS ANGELES -- The flu season is still young in the United States and the rest of the Northern Hemisphere, but Australia wrapped up its flu season months ago, and public health officials there have some disturbing news to report: The version of so-called swine flu that is resistant to the drug...
Date: 12/29/2011 | Nation & World
Health resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on "Support Services," then, on the right side of the page, click on "Classes" or "Support Groups."...
Date: 12/27/2011 | Life
Health officials say ample supply, time to get flu shot
Local clinics and medical groups have seen a surge in the number of people getting immunized against the flu this year.And for those who haven't, but want to, there's still time and ample supplies for people to get protected before the typical peak of flu season in February.
Date: 12/27/2011 | Local News
Providence closes Everett outpatient diabetes clinic
An outpatient diabetes program that served about 1,000 people at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett has closed and patients are being referred to area medical clinics...
Date: 12/26/2011 | Local News
Several states weigh in on graphic cigarette warning label suit
RICHMOND, Va. -- Several states and U.S. territories are weighing in on a lawsuit over proposed graphic cigarette warning labels that include a sewn-up corpse of a smoker and a picture of diseased lungs, saying the federal government should be allowed to require the labels for the "lethal and...
Date: 12/25/2011 | Nation & World
Everett settles firefighters' lawsuit over asbestos exposure
EVERETT -- The city of Everett has settled a lawsuit with firefighters by agreeing to pay for lifetime medical monitoring for potential asbestos-related health problems.The settlement allows the city to avoid paying out millions of dollars.
Date: 12/23/2011 | Local News
Journal retracts article linking chronic fatigue and virus
NEW YORK — A prestigious scientific journal is retracting a controversial 2009 report that linked chronic fatigue syndrome to a virus.
Date: 12/22/2011 | Nation & World
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on “Support Services,” then, on the right side of the page, click on “Classes” or “Support Groups.”
Date: 12/20/2011 | Life
Medical authorities recommend opting to track, not treat, early prostate cancer
WASHINGTON -- John Shoemaker visited six doctors in his quest to find the best treatment for his early stage prostate cancer -- and only the last one offered what made the most sense to the California man: Keep a close watch on the tumor and treat only if it starts to grow.
Date: 12/19/2011 | Nation & World
A survivor's heart
A year after lung transplant, Mukilteo man counts blessings
Date: 12/18/2011 | Local News
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on “Support Services,” then, on the right side of the page, click on “Classes” or “Support Groups.”
Date: 12/13/2011 | Life
Health resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on “Support Services,” then, on the right side of the page, click on “Classes” or “Support Groups.”
Date: 12/06/2011 | Life
Measles outbreaks strike across Europe
LONDON -- After years of decline, measles is on the rise in Europe, according to a report released Thursday.
Date: 12/02/2011 | Nation & World
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on “Support Services,” then, on the right side of the page, click on “Classes” or “Support Groups.”
Date: 11/29/2011 | Life
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on “Support Services,” then, on the right side of the page, click on “Classes” or “Support Groups.”
Date: 11/22/2011 | Life
Future cancers from Fukushima plant may be hidden
FUKUSHIMA, Japan -- Even if the worst nuclear accident in 25 years leads to many people developing cancer, we may never find out.Looking back on those early days of radiation horror, that may sound implausible.
Date: 11/21/2011 | Nation & World
Health resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on “Support Services,” then, on the right side of the page, click on “Classes” or “Support Groups.”
Date: 11/15/2011 | Life
Teen girls who drink alcohol increase breast cancer risk, study finds
LOS ANGELES -- Teenage girls who drink alcohol and have a family history of breast cancer are increasing their own risk of the disease.
Date: 11/14/2011 | Nation & World
New drug cuts deaths after heart attack, study says
ORLANDO, Fla. -- People recovering from a heart attack or severe chest pain are much less likely to suffer another heart-related problem or to die from one if they take a new blood-thinning drug along with standard anti-clotting medicines, a large study finds.
Date: 11/13/2011 | Nation & World
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on “Support Services,” then, on the right side of the page, click on “Classes” or “Support...
Date: 11/08/2011 | Life
FDA is blocked from requiring graphic warnings on cigarette labels
WASHINGTON -- A federal judge has blocked the government from requiring tobacco companies to begin placing images of diseased lungs and cadavers on cigarette packages, saying the health warnings violated the firms' First Amendment rights.
Date: 11/07/2011 | Nation & World
Tests sometimes finding cancers of little danger, cancer specialists say
WASHINGTON -- It turns out that catching cancer early isn't always as important as we thought.
Date: 11/07/2011 | Nation & World
Are babies on path to obesity? New sign may offer answer
CHICAGO -- Researchers say there's a new way to tell if infants are likely to become obese later on: Check to see if they've passed two key milestones on doctors' growth charts by age 2.
Date: 11/07/2011 | Nation & World
Experimental drug shows promise in treating cystic fibrosis
LOS ANGELES — All her life, Lindsay Shipp knew that she was dying. As a baby, she would cry after eating, and salt collected on her forehead. The diagnosis was cystic fibrosis, an incurable genetic disease that, at the time, meant a life expectancy of 18 years.
Date: 11/02/2011 | Nation & World
St. Louis E. coli probe focuses on grocery salads
ST. LOUIS -- Investigators were looking into a possible link between salad bars at a major grocery chain and 33 suspected E. coli cases in the St. Louis area, a state health official said Tuesday.
Date: 11/01/2011 | Nation & World
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on "Support Services," then, on the right side of the page, click on "Classes" or "Support Groups."
Date: 11/01/2011 | Life
Reusable shopping bags often toting around germs, too
Reusable grocery bags may be good for the environment, but they could be making you sick.A new study has found that intestinal bacteria like E. coli flourish in unwashed reusable bags.
Date: 11/01/2011 | Life
Obama orders FDA to help reduce drug shortages
WASHINGTON -- Acting once again ahead of Congress, President Barack Obama is directing the Food and Drug Administration to take steps to reduce drug shortages, an escalating problem that has placed patients at risk and raised the possibility of price gouging.
Date: 10/31/2011 | Nation & World
Most go gently
Death makes the news almost daily.We regularly write about people whose lives are taken from them. Those lives are taken by rivers, by fires, by car accidents and by other people.
Date: 10/30/2011 | Need to Know
How we die
How long people live and top causes of death around the state
Date: 10/28/2011 | Need to Know
A personal pursuit to support cancer victims
Smile every opportunity you have. Live every minute to the fullest. Life is precious and fragile.
Date: 10/26/2011 | Local News
Health Resources
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on "Support Services," then, on the right side of the page, click on "Classes" or "Support Groups."
Date: 10/25/2011 | Life
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