Nature offers a special supplement on Parkinson’s disease online for free for a limited time. USAID offers free courses on global health.
Battle over hospital beds in southeast King County. Researchers share data to find new Alzheimer’s treatments. A family’s struggle with Sanfilippo syndrome.
Community services for vets with PTSD. Spinal fluid test predicts Alzheimer’s disease. Hospitals and nursing homes found to be shortchanging staff on overtime pay.
Chronic pain is common and becomes more so as we grow older. In fact, after the age of 60, one in three people lives with chronic pain.
Easier access to benefits and treatment to begin this week.
Although multiple sclerosis remains incurable, there are more than a half dozen drugs now available that have been shown to be able to slow progression of the disease and scores of new drugs are in clinical trials.
Senators press military leaders to improve efforts to address traumatic brain injuries, suicide and other wounds suffered by soldiers returning from wars.
But many people who have headaches, especially those who have recurrent headaches severe enough to interfere with work and other activities, may in fact have migraines and not know it.
Seattle Times’ Hal Bernton reports that Seattle researchers have found “long-term changes in brain functions of Iraq veterans exposed to blast shock waves.”
The military is failing to diagnose brain injuries in troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of whom receive little or no treatment.
[ March 31, 2010; 6:00 pm to 7:29 pm. ] Virginia Mason Winslow Hosts Multiple Sclerosis Education Event
WHAT:
Join Dr. Mariko Kita of Virginia Mason Medical Center in a discussion about multiple sclerosis, new treatments and research discoveries.
And just in time for the MS Walk on Bainbridge Island Saturday, April 10, learn tips on energy conservation, fatigue management, personal safety related to mobility, stretching [...]
[ March 20, 2010; 9:30 am to 3:00 pm. ] Lectures on diet, exercise and stress management strategies.
Heart association launches 10-year program to cut heart and stroke deaths 20 percent.
The death of Sen. Edward Kennedy from glioblastoma has called attention to the challenge of developing better treatment for brain cancers. Below is column by Dr. Greg Foltz on brain cancer research that LocalHealthGuide published last May to call attention to the Annual Seattle Brain Cancer Walk to raise funds for brain cancer research..
An Aspirin a Day? The Answer is Different for Men and Women
By Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D.
August 4, 2009
Throughout the ages, the differences between men and women have been the subject of plays, movies, and books. Shakespeare poked fun at the topic.
And, more recently, books with titles like Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus explored [...]
While there has been great progress in the fight against many common cancers, progress against brain cancers, some of the deadliest cancers known, has been agonizingly slow.
Over the past 25 years, for example, only three new drug have been approved for the treatment of brain cancers, and survival rates remain essentially the same as they [...]
Did the U.S. overreact to the H1N1 swine flu?
Health experts interviewed by Washington Post reporter Rob Stein say they are generally pleased with the response of state and federal health agencies to early reports out of Mexico of a new flu virus that was killing an alarming number of young, healthy adults.
“If what was being [...]
It’s time to stop spending money looking for a link between vaccines and autism, says a co-founder of a new autism advocacy group called the Autism Science Foundation.
Many parents remain unnecessarily concerned that vaccines cause autism despite the results of a large number of studies that have found no evidence of such a link, said [...]
The psoriasis drug Raptiva is being withdrawn from the U.S. market after reports that three patients on the drug had developed a serious brain disease called progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) that is almost always fatal.
A third patient on Raptiva died of a progressive neurological disorder but it is not known whether the disease was PML.
It is [...]
Virginia Mason Medical Center has opened a Headache Clinic at its Federal Way facility.
The facility will be for adult men and women who have recurring headaches of all kinds, including migraine, tension and menstrual headaches.
Dr. Dennis Rochier and Linda Johnston, an advanced registered nurse practitioner, will provide care at the clinic. Both are members of [...]
In three confirmed cases and one suspected case, patients using the psoriasis drug Raptiva have developed a rare and serious brain infection called progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a public health advisory released today.
All four patients had used the drug for more than three years; three of the [...]
In Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure, Dr. Offit examines the the theories of those who hold that vaccines cause autism.
Gingko biloba, a popular herbal preparation used to prevent or treat memory problems, failed to prevent the onset of dementia or Alzheimer’s diseases in a large study of older men and women.
The study appears in today’s issue of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association
Gingko biloba is one of the most popular herbal products [...]
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The Multiple Sclerosis Association of King County after more than 50 years of operation is shutting down and will merge the Greater Washington Chapter of the National MS Society.
Here is the press release from the National MS Society on the merger:
Two local multiple sclerosis nonprofits will merge
The Multiple Sclerosis Association of King County (MSA) [...]
Dr Greg Foltz
Swedish Medical Center in Seattle has opened a new brain cancer treatment center, the first of its kind in the Northwest.
The facility, the Center for the Advanced Brain Tumor Treatment, will bring under one roof all the services needed for the treatment of brain cancer, including surgical, radiation, chemotherapy and social support services, [...]
Swedish hospital will launch a study this fall to see if there is a link between migraines and a potentially dangerous pregnancy disorder called pre-eclampsia.
About 8% of women will develop pre-eclampsia during pregnancy, but most cases are mild. In some cases, however, pre-eclampsia can be severe and lead to serious neurological complications including stroke and [...]
Washington health insurer Regence BlueShield will stop paying for Botox treatments for migraines on Oct. 1, Seattle Times health reporter Kyung M. Song writes in today’s paper.
Botox is the brand name of a drug derived from a toxin produced by a bacterium called Clostridium botulinum. This is the toxin that causes the paralyzing poisoning called [...]
Small changes in one chromosome have been linked to a wide range of mental disorders including mental retardation, autism and other birth defects, University of Washington researchers report published Sept. 10 by the New England Journal of Medicine. The discovery could lead to new ways for doctors to diagnose mental retardation, autism and other disorders.
Invisible Families: The homeless you don't see
They squeeze in with relatives, couch surf with friends or camp out in cars. More families are quietly becoming homeless, driven to the edge by a lack of jobs and affordable housing. The Seattle Times and its local news partners tackle the topic together. Project home
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