The beginning of the New Year brought a lot of change in our health care system. Business owners and employees had many decisions to make. The changes in medical coverage from the Affordable Care Act and the challenges with enrollment were overwhelming-

When I was young, my father would take me to the lab on weekends. He would look at smears of blood under the microscope, place samples on circular blood plates to allow bacteria to grow, and type out biopsy and pap test reports by himself on a typewriter

The Achieve Center, a speech, physical, and occupational therapy practice that serves children with developmental disabilities in Eastern and Central Washington, has moved its Spokane clinic to the University District, east of downtown. The relocated cli

The last few months of news have not been kind to the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Implementation of the Exchange has been smooth in Washington state compared with the badly flawed rollout of healthcare.gov nationally. But, regardless of

Spokane Valley-based Trovato LLC is leasing space in the Spokane Valley to open a furniture store this month, called Trovato Interiors, featuring the American-made Norwalk Furniture line of products. Trovato Interiors is owned by partners Susan Usai, a S

There is a new blood test that is taking the world of prenatal diagnosis by storm: noninvasive prenatal testing. It can be performed on a pregnant woman as early as 10 weeks gestation, perhaps even before she has announced to family and friends that

The governor and president have spoken quite a bit about income inequality within our state and nationwide. How do we broaden the middle class and increase wealth for all? Some in our state Legislature propose increasing the minimum wage. Many business