Parkinson’s Disase

Health News from the Seattle Times

• Hands-only CPR, pushy dispatchers are lifesavers July 29, 2010
  More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions - especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research. […]
• State takes new look at how much fish is safe to eat July 29, 2010
  After years of prodding by tribes and other parties, the state Department of Ecology takes a new look at water-quality standards, with Oregon's new agreement on safer fish-consumption standards as a model. […]
• DC pushes female condoms to fight HIV epidemic July 29, 2010
  Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, "Come check out my table. Don't be scared." […]