Implantable devices called cardioverter-defibrillators don't appear to be associated with a reduced risk of death in women with advanced heart failure, says an article published in a recent issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.Heart about

Hopeful that some of the same antiretroviral (ARV) drugs used to treat HIV infection also can prevent it, researchers from a network funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health have enrolled the first participants into a new, large-scale trial

Women with incontinence, respiratory disorders, and gastrointestinal problems have increased risk for development of back pain, according to research reported recently in The Journal of Pain, the peer review publication of the American Pain pain of

Ovarian cancer is a frightening diagnosis that often comes after the cancer has spread. As a result, it's the most deadly of the gynecological cancers. But not all the news about ovarian cancer is grim. Incidence is declining. Doctors are more a

Inland Imaging LLC, of Spokane, says it plans to open two new mammography screening locations this month, one on Spokane's South Hill and one in Deer Park, and has decided to establish a nonprofit foundation to support breast-cancer research and to

All Pro Screen Printing & Embroidery Inc. has leased 2,300 square feet of retail space in the Eagle Plaza, at 14415 E. Sprague, in Spokane Valley, for a new textile screen-printing and embroidery shop. Earl Engle, of NAI Black, handled the Stone a

Owner spending on home improvements will continue to trend down through 2009 and into the first part of next year, suggests data released recently by the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, in a