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Published November 24th, 2009 - 5:53AM
A swine fllu clinic will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at Allenmore Hospital, 1901 South Union Avenue in Tacoma.
Published November 24th, 2009 - 5:03AM
You might say that E. coli has been very, very good to William Marler.
Published November 24th, 2009 - 12:05AM
WASHINGTON – A technology originally developed for premature babies may be helping to save some of the sickest swine flu patients by rerouting their blood so their lungs can rest.
Published November 24th, 2009 - 12:05AM
BALTIMORE – Crisis pregnancy centers in Baltimore must display signs stating they do not provide abortions or birth control referrals under a measure approved by the City Council on Monday night and thought to be the first of its kind.
Published November 24th, 2009 - 12:05AM
BRUSSELS – For 23 torturous years, a Belgian man, Rom Houben, says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but unable to tell anyone or even cry out.
Published November 20th, 2009 - 12:05AM
ATLANTA – When the nation’s swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be “messy.” They were right.
Published November 20th, 2009 - 12:05AM
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed contrasting images.
Published November 19th, 2009 - 12:05AM
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department on Wednesday eased restrictions on who should receive swine flu vaccinations, moving young children back to the head of the line.
Published November 17th, 2009 - 5:39AM
SEATTLE – Premature birth rates in the Pacific Northwest are among the lowest in the nation, but the March of Dimes says that still only earns Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska C’s on the organization’s premature birth report card.
Published November 16th, 2009 - 12:12PM
The University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital researchers are looking for 110 6-month-old infants in the Puget Sound area to participate in a new study.
Published November 16th, 2009 - 12:05AM
ORLANDO, Fla. – A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin – drugs still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work.
Published November 16th, 2009 - 12:05AM
On defense for flu season? Doctors will tell you your best shot is to get a shot. But that won’t cut it for Sue Berman of Blue Heron Wellness in Silver Spring, Md. To keep sniffles at bay, she plans to spend a whole lot more time with needles.
Published November 13th, 2009 - 12:05AM
A high-fat, high-sugar diet does more than pump calories into your body. It also alters the composition of bacteria in your intestines, making it easier to gain weight and harder to lose it, research in mice suggests. And the changeover can happen in as little as 24 hours, much faster than researchers had suspected, according to a report Wednesday in the new journal Science Translational Medicine.
Published November 12th, 2009 - 12:05AM
ROME – Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because of insufficient nutrition, according to a new report published by UNICEF Wednesday before a three-day international summit on the problem of world hunger.
Published November 12th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Scientists at the University of California campuses in Irvine and San Francisco have found a potential new use for human embryonic stem cells – helping cancer patients recover the cognitive function lost when their brains are treated with radiation.

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