Researchers at The University of Texas Medical School, in Houston, have identified family history as one reason why some people might be more susceptible to shingles, a severe skin condition. Their findings were published last year in an issue of a

Internal Medicine Residency Spokane, which is located at the Fifth & Browne Medical Center near downtown, has opened a new clinic to provide HIV and AIDS patients with medical care.Internal Medicine is a three-year internal medicine residency of

An unrelated pilot study presented at a gathering in December has found that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) alternated with mammography at six-month intervals can detect breast cancers not identified by mammography alone.The study was by a The

Computer programs designed to help radiologists could identify more cases of breast cancer, but also might increase the number of false-positive results, which can lead to biopsies in healthy women, according to a recent systematic review.Using

Two doctors here have launched a Lung Cancer Clinic at Spokane-based Rockwood Clinic PS to streamline diagnosis and care for lung cancer patients. The physicians, Dr. Jay Wittenkeller, a medical oncologist who practices at Rockwood Clinic, and a

Spokane-based Rockwood Clinic PS has agreed to lease an additional 3,000 square feet of floor space next to its Cancer Treatment Center's Spokane Valley location to house the Breast Health Center it launched last fall. The Breast Health Center a

The Sacred Heart School of Nursing Alumni Association has published a history of the school, titled "Living the Legacy." Betty Harrington, who served as the nursing school's director between 1961 and its closure in 1973, former student Sister of

Doctors may be implanting too many artery-opening stents and could avoid needless operations—and ultimately save lives—if they did more in-depth measurements of blood flow in the vessels to the heart, suggests a study published in in the