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Free disaster preparedness fair at Evergreen–October 9th

Free disaster preparedness fair at Evergreen–October 9th

The event will also include tours of Evergreen’s emergency department, decontamination demonstrations and a Coast Guard rescue helicopter on display.

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To boost organ donations Swedish team webcasts and twitters from Mt. Rainier

To boost organ donations Swedish team webcasts and twitters from Mt. Rainier

In an effort to raise awareness of the need for organ donations, a team from Swedish Medical Center and LifeCenter Northwest “Twittered” and webcast from the summit.

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All King County shorelines closed to recreational shellfish harvesting

All King County shorelines closed to recreational shellfish harvesting

Paralytic Shellfish Poison (PSP) levels pose health risk, health officials say.

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Employers push higher health insurance costs onto workers

Employers push higher health insurance costs onto workers

Nationally, employees now pay an average of $3,997 as their share of the annual family health insurance premium — about $1,000 more than in 2006 and twice the 2001 amount.

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Miles for Midwives – Family-Friendly Fun Run/Walk October 9th

Miles for Midwives – Family-Friendly Fun Run/Walk October 9th

[ October 9, 2010; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Proceeds from Miles for Midwives benefit the Washington Chapter of the American College of Nurse Midwives and the Midwives’ Association of Washington State

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Talks about cancer and cancer therapy at Gilda’s Club

Talks about cancer and cancer therapy at Gilda’s Club

Titles: When are we going to cure cancer? Cancer Chemotherapies and the Health of Your Bones. Late Effects After Cancer Therapy

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Support slips for health reform law

Support slips for health reform law

Poll found that 43 percent of Americans viewed the law favorably – down from 50 percent in July – while 45 percent held unfavorable views. But voters more concerned about economy than the new health law.

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Regulators probe allegations of fraud in health credit cards

Regulators probe allegations of fraud in health credit cards

Some health providers are offering patients health-care credit cards to help pay for care. But some patients charge they’ve been swindled.

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Seattle AIDS Walk & 5K Run – Sept. 25th

Seattle AIDS Walk & 5K Run – Sept. 25th

Related events: Starting this week Lifelong Thrift Store sales event and donations of a portion of proceeds from Chef Ricky Flickenger’s Burgeoisie Brunches — and on Sept. 8 a “Happy Hour for Hope” at Bad Monkey Bistro

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Seattle AIDS Walk & 5K Run–Sept. 25th

Seattle AIDS Walk & 5K Run–Sept. 25th

[ September 25, 2010; 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] The Seattle AIDS Walk & 5K Run is Lifelong’s largest annual event to raise funds and awareness to battle HIV and AIDS in our community.

Join the Lifelong AIDS Alliance and thousands of supporters on Saturday, September 25, 2010 in Volunteer Park on Capitol Hill to honor 24 years of offering hope for a future free [...]

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Health reform bad news for inefficient insurance companies

Health reform bad news for inefficient insurance companies

Reform forces insurers to cover basic benefits, restricts their ability to mistreat consumers, and limits what they can spend on overhead: bad news for the inefficient.

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Cynthia Nice and her grandson Dovantae

Health and homelessness in Seattle

While we tend to think of the homeless as single men living on the street—because those are the homeless we see—55 percent of the homeless in King County are, in fact, families with children.

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Health care reform and the homeless

Health care reform and the homeless

Medicaid expansion to cover more working poor. Funding to boost community health clinics. Incentives to encourage more to pursue primary care careers.

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Project Homestead: “Housing first” for homeless families

Project Homestead aims to help 15 low-income, “high-needs” homeless King County families find permanent homes.

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New law offers hope for homeless health care

New law offers hope for homeless health care

Many homeless people now ineligible for Medicaid will be covered in 2014 when Medicaid expands under the new health law to include adults without children.

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Free immunizations for school kids in Tukwila

[ August 28, 2010; 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Organizers will giveaway free backpacks to the first 200 students to participate in the clinic.

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Betty and Jack O'Connor want to stay in their Chevy Chase, Md., home as they age and are trying to create a network of volunteers in their neighborhood, called a "village," to help them with tasks they can no longer handle. (Jennifer Ludden/NPR)

Part 1: “Villages” help seniors stay in their homes

Seniors are staying in their homes with the help of networks of friends and family’s called a “village”, which helps them manage tasks the can no longer handle on their own.

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Part 2: High-tech aging: tracking seniors’ every move

Part 2: High-tech aging: tracking seniors’ every move

Electronic monitoring devices can help families keep watch over aging relatives who are living alone.

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Part 3: Wired homes keep tabs on aging parents

Part 3: Wired homes keep tabs on aging parents

Using motion sensors and cameras, family members can “check-in” over the Internet to make sure elderly relatives are O.K.

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Part 4: Building homes to age In

Part 4: Building homes to age In

New homes built with “universal design” allow the elderly and disable to stay in their homes and live independently.

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What Washington, D.C. could learn from Washington State on health reform

What Washington, D.C. could learn from Washington State on health reform

The story of 1993 Washington Health Services Act should serve as a cautionary tale.

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Time to update back-to-school immunizations

Time to update back-to-school immunizations

Children who have not been fully immunized have fallen ill in recent whooping cough and chickenpox outbreaks in the state.

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View: New momentum behind electronic health records

View: New momentum behind electronic health records

Despite the clear benefits of health IT, only two in ten doctors and one in ten hospitals use even a basic electronic record system.

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Two free online health education resources

Two free online health education resources

Nature offers a special supplement on Parkinson’s disease online for free for a limited time. USAID offers free courses on global health.

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More Washington teens up-to-date on their shots

More Washington teens up-to-date on their shots

More of Washington teens are up-to-date on their shots, but the state still has a way to go before it achieves recommended 90 percent target immunization rate.

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More walking, cycling linked to healthier weights worldwide

More walking, cycling linked to healthier weights worldwide

Among American cities, the highest rates of walking and cycling to work were in Boston, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Minneapolis and Seattle.

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Plans will have to cover routine care of patients in trials

Plans will have to cover routine care of patients in trials

In the past, some plans would refuse to pay the routine care of patients in clinical trials, arguing the treatments were experimental and therefore not covered.

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Scientists work out the curious genetics behind common form of muscular dystrophy

Scientists work out the curious genetics behind common form of muscular dystrophy

Early genetic studies indicated that the gene was located at the end of chromosome 4. But where the gene was and how it became activated was a puzzle.

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How to check if your eggs are safe — FDA

How to check if your eggs are safe — FDA

Here’s what you should look for on the carton of eggs in your refrigerator:

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Credit: Wikipedia

Health law changes rules for docs with in-house imaging machines

Starting next year, doctors who refer Medicare and Medicaid patients to in-house imaging machines must disclose in writing that they own the equipment.

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