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Bullying, recession-related intimidation cited in studies

Feelings of inadequacy, financial crisis at core of chronicled behavior

April 22, 2010

Bosses who are in over their heads are more likely to bully subordinates, due to feelings of inadequacy that cause them to lash out at those around them, according to research from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of what

Dropout solutions under study

Foundation grants pay for Gonzaga researchers to find successful programs

April 22, 2010

Richard Ripley

Gonzaga University's School of Education is conducting a study of efforts employed nationally and internationally to reduce high school dropout rates.The Spokane-based Inland Northwest Community Foundation and the Seattle-based Bill & Melinda by

Technology, stimulus energize headhunter activity here

Recruiter for utility, energy sectors predicts lasting growth

April 22, 2010

Mike McLean

The head-hunting arm here of Michigan-based Scope Services Inc. says it expects its growing executive-recruitment activities to expand further in coming years due in part to smart-grid initiatives and federal stimulus dollars allocated toward and a

Giving kids training, hope

High-school students who didn't expect to do post-graduate study gain new confidence

April 22, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

Jodi Davisson says she never used to see an educational future for herself."I wasn't even expecting to graduate high school," says the soft-spoken Spokane Community College student. She didn't imagine herself studying computers, either, she was

On-job pesticide exposure linked to Parkinson's

People exposed to certain chemicals found to have threefold increased risk

April 22, 2010

News Wise

Workers whose occupations involve contact with pesticides appear to have an increased risk of having Parkinson's disease, says a report published in the medical journal Archives of Neurology.The development of Parkinson's disease related to was

Intentional weight loss not harmful to seniors, study finds

Data refute widely held belief that losing pounds increases risk of death

April 22, 2010

News Wise

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, in Winston-Salem, N.C., claims that a new study by researchers there is the first to refute the widely held belief that intentional weight loss in older adults leads to increased risk of death.In or

Geriatric massage therapy gaining in popularity nationally

Benefits are wide-ranging, but it's best for therapists to have special training

April 22, 2010

Millie Hynes

Vitality in retirement years often is challenged by health changes. Retirement communities address these concerns by offering amenities and services such as exercise rooms and medication assistance. One other service becoming more in demand to help

St. Joseph adds hospitalist care at its facility

Nursing home has full-time nurse practitioner, backed by Sacred Heart physicians

April 22, 2010

Paul Read

ansitional Care Unit, of Spokane, says it has taken the unusual step of providing full-time, on-site medical oversight during the weekdays, as well as 24-hour access to hospitalists from the adjacent Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Joseph

Developers seek permit for housing at Clare House

$6.5 million project would entail building 61 senior apartments

April 22, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

The developers of a planned senior- and low-income multifamily housing complex adjacent to the Clare House Apartments on Spokane's South Hill have applied for a building permit for the first phase of that project, a $6.5 million, 61-unit senior of

Fatal injuries rising among older Americans, report says

Death rates from falls, machinery, motorcycle crashes all have jumped

April 22, 2010

News Wise

The risk of dying from injuries is increasing for Americans ages 65 and older, says a new report from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Injury Research & Policy, in Baltimore.The report found significant increases a