Gilda’s Club of Seattle will host a evening talk on colon cancer survivorship on December 11. The event is entitled: Mosaic of Colon Cancer Survivorship. The evening will include a talk by a physician on advances in prevention, detection and treatment and a talk by a colon cancer survivor. Dinner will be provided. The [...]
What: Puget Sound Health Alliance will release its latest report on how well participating health-care providers are meeting health-care quality standards. The report will be the most comprehensive assessment of health-care quality in the region ever done, the Alliance says. When: Thursday morning, November 13 at 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. (A discussion [...]
Seattle biotechnology company Targeted Genetics has announced that H. Stewart Parker—its CEO and President—and Dr. Barrie J. Carter, PhD—its Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Vice President—have resigned.
A Seattle home-care agency whose 114-home care workers help about 200 elderly and disabled area residents live independently is closing down, Seattle Times staff reporter Maureen O’Hagan reports in todays’ paper.
Two Seattle-based foundations are behind a large malaria vaccine trial being launched in Africa next month.
With the coming winter rains, there is an increased risk of flooding in the Seattle and Puget Sound area. The Seattle Red Cross has tips for keeping safe in the event of a flood. Among the Red Cross’s tips are: Have an evacuation plan and practice it. Make sure everyone knows how to shut off [...]
Five generic prescription drugs are being recalled because the tablets may be oversized, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The drugs are manufactured by ETHEX Corporation. The drugs being recalled are: Propafenone HCl Tablets – 150 mg, 225 mg, and 300 mg Isosorbide Mononitrate Extended Release Tablets – 30 mg and 60 [...]
Taking vitamins E and C failed to prevent heart attacks and strokes in a large study of older men being released online today by JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study followed more than 14,600 male physicians over the the age of 50 years who were randomly assigned to take either a [...]
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.
The US Veterans Affairs Administration said today it is expanding a pilot program designed to streamline the disability evaluation process over the next several months to 17 additional military installations, including the Naval Medical Center in Bremerton. The goal of the pilot is to test “a new process that eliminates duplicative, time-consuming and often confusing [...]
Gilda’s Club of Seattle will host a evening talk on colon cancer survivorship on December 11. The event is entitled: Mosaic of Colon Cancer Survivorship. The evening will include a talk by a physician on advances in prevention, detection and treatment and a talk by a colon cancer survivor. Dinner will be provided. The talk [...]
The maker of ReliOn insulin syringes is recalling one lot of its sterile, single-use, disposable, hypodermic syringes with permanently affixed needles due to possible mislabeling that may lead to patients receiving an overdose of as much as 2.5 times the intended dose, the U.S. Food and Drug Agency reports.
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