Low doses of the medication lasofoxifene can reduce the risk of vertebral and non-vertebral fractures, breast cancer, coronary heart disease, and stroke in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, says a new study published in a recent issue of the

Postmenopausal women who have been newly diagnosed with cancer in one breast have higher cancer detection rates, compared with premenopausal women, when the other breast is scanned for tumors with MRI, say researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in a

Stress during pregnancy might raise the risk that a baby will have asthma, and a mother's flu during pregnancy possibly could increase an offspring's risk of schizophrenia, separate new studies say.In the stress-asthma study, researchers at and

When it comes to stroke prevalence, it appears that the gender gap is widening. Women between the ages of 35 and 64 are almost three times more likely to have a stroke than men in the same age group, says a new report from a researcher at the of of

PrimeSource Credit Union, of Spokane, says it has joined a national shared-branching network that will enable its members here to do banking transactions at more than 6,400 locations across the U.S.The network, operated by Ontario, Calif.-based

Washington Trust Bank, of Spokane, has selected the Spokane office of Littleton, Colo.-based tw telecom inc. to provide a secure data network to connect the bank's technology support centers to its 41 bank branches in four states.Tw telecom, as

Many small-business owners have been disappointed recently to learn that their bank has tightened lending standards or raised interest rates and fees, making it more difficult to get credit. In today's turbulent economic environment, the for be