Three patients at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center were among the first in the U.S. to be implanted with a next-generation artificial heart pump called the DuraHeart Left-Ventricular Assist System.The surgeries a

For Tara Campbell, the onset of her fibromyalgia began slowly with repeated sore throats, fevers, and fatigue. By the time she was diagnosed, a year later, she had become so debilitated by flulike symptoms and exhaustion that she often couldn't get

Providence Medical Research Center plans to begin enrolling patients next month for a clinical study to determine whether an experimental drug improves the kidney function of patients who suffer severe diabetic kidney disease.Dr. Katherine lead

Spokane-based FirstCare Urgent Care Centers LLC says it will move its Liberty Lake clinic closer to the Liberty Lake-Interstate 90 interchange in August and will begin operating the clinic seven days a week.The new location will be at 1431 N. in

Unicep Packaging Inc., a Sandpoint-based, U.S. Food & Drug Administration-approved packager of gels, liquids, and creams, says that the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline has awarded it a three-year contract to package a line of personal care the

Whitman Medical Group PS, which operates a clinic adjoining Whitman Hospital & Medical Center, in Colfax, Wash., says it expects to select Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, to start work this month on a 3,000-square-foot addition to the clinic.