Keep it short.That sound advice applies not only to speeches at wedding dinners but also to the duration of your fixed-income investments in 2009.Interest-rate yields are likely to remain stuck at current low levels for a while, with nothing

April 7 / Retail sales fall here in fourth quarter Taxable retail sales in Spokane County fell 7.5 percent in the fourth quarter to $1.86 billion, down from $2.01 billion in the year-earlier quarter, the Washington state Department of

Aging and Long Term Care of Eastern Washington will hold a community planning meeting, on Friday, April 10, from 1 to 3:30 p.m., at its office at 1222 N. Post. Topics will include senior transportation, the long-term care ombudsman program, and for

A study touted to be the largest of its kind to evaluate the effect of red and white wines in increasing breast-cancer risk concludes that the two are equal offenders.The results of the study, led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center,

Women with certain gene variations appear to be protected against cervical cancer, says a study led by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, in New York City, and reported in the February issue of the journal have

Women in strained marriages are more likely to feel depressed and suffer high blood pressure, obesity, and other signs of "metabolic syndrome," which includes a group of risk factors for heart disease, stroke, and diabetes, University of Utah have

Women with suspected coronary-artery disease who suffered from depression amassed up to 53 percent higher costs in cardiovascular health care in the five years after they were enrolled in an observational study and were assessed for "depressive" an