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Rendering courtesy of Bernardo Wills Architects PC

Bissinger Building project starts - Art only

September 3, 2009

Gary Bernardo and Bob Wills, majority owners of the Spokane firm Bernardo Wills Architects PC, have launched a renovation and expansion project, illustrated here, at the Bissinger Building, at 153 S. Jefferson, which they bought. Vandervert Inc., a

Halme submits lowest bid for West Plains water line job

Davenport contractor tabbed for $2.9 million city of Spokane project

September 3, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Halme Construction Inc., of Davenport, is the apparent low bidder, with a bid of $2.9 million, for a city of Spokane contract to complete the second and final phase of a project that will extend a water line that eventually could provide city water

Study finds link between less sleep, higher blood pressure

Newly released findings stemmed from research on middle-aged adults

September 3, 2009

Middle-aged adults who sleep fewer hours appear more likely to have high blood pressure and to experience adverse changes in blood pressure over time, says a report that appeared in a spring issue of the journal Archives of Internal one-third of or

St. Luke's north clinic moves to larger space, changes role

Outpatient center adds staff, refocuses treatment toward injured workers

September 3, 2009

Mike McLean

Spokane-based St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute has moved its North Side clinic to larger quarters, added staff, and changed its mission to focus on treating patients with work-related injuries, says Dave Cox, program manager for the Luke's at a

Senior wellness event set for SCC Sept. 10

September 3, 2009

PED Inc., a Spokane-based nonprofit corporation dedicated to promoting life-enhancing wellness programs for seniors, will host its 15th annual daylong senior wellness conference on Sept. 10, at Spokane Community College. PED Executive Director

Study touts health benefit of fatty fish

Once-weekly consumption lowers men's risk of heart failure, latest data show

September 3, 2009

Eating salmon or other fatty fish just once a week helped reduce men's risk of heart failure, a study shows, adding to growing evidence that omega-3 fatty acids are of benefit to cardiac health. Led by researchers at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess

Rockwood Clinic plays role in clinical trial of H1N1 vaccine

Testing to determine optimum drug dosage focuses on children

September 3, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Rockwood Clinic PS, of Spokane, is participating in a clinical study of a vaccine for the H1N1 flu virus, commonly referred to as swine flu, to determine what dose would allow the maximum number of American children to be treated most effectively a

Photo courtesy of Paula Davenport, Kootenai Health

Kootenai Health purchases brain-monitoring machine

Device works to help identify patients with hard-to-spot seizures

September 3, 2009

David Cole

Kootenai Health, of Coeur d'Alene, has purchased a brain-monitoring machine that tracks the brain's electrical activity in critically ill, sometimes comatose patients, warning caregivers of neurological deterioration before it becomes new device is

Adjusting mentally, physically to a total knee replacement

Avista spokesman says experience was positive, alleviated years of pain

September 3, 2009

Hugh Imhof

"I can't believe I waited this long." That's what I tell friends who ask about my recent knee replacement surgery. Having dealt with joint pain most of my adult life, it's simply remarkable how much of an impact it has made to have that constant go

Pharmacy consulting firm launches 'telepharmacy' services

Medication Review Inc. pharmacists approve meds for small, rural hospitals

September 3, 2009

David Cole

A four-year-old Spokane company that helps hospitals, pharmacies, and long-term care facilities meet state and federal pharmacy regulations and improve pharmacy procedures has now begun offering what's called "telepharmacy" services to rural that a