The U.S. Food and Drug Administrations approval of a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer heads a list of the top five womens health stories of 2006, as selected by the Society for Womens Health Research, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy has a

Last month, researchers reported that breast cancer incidence rates in the U.S. fell dramatically between August 2002 and December 2003. Some have speculated the drop occurred because millions of women had stopped hormone treatments after a large a

Jon Osborne is eager to expand his presence in the machining industry, but doesnt expect to make many friends among the countless machinery makers who derive much of their income from selling replacement parts.His small Airway Heights Extreme

Osteoporosis sufferers are benefiting from several new drugs that have come on the market in recent years and can look forward to the arrival of a number of new drug treatments, but despite such advances, the battle for better bone health is far in

Quincey Edmonds, of Newman Lake, has filed a preliminary-plat application and zone-change request for a proposed $10 million residential development in northeastern Spokane Valley.Edmonds would develop that project, called Valley Coach Estates,

A physician here who specializes in diagnosing and treating spinal conditions plans to start a new practice, called SpineTeamSpokane, and to open multidisciplinary spine centers in Spokane Valley and on the North Side. The physician, Dr. Daniel

Liberty Lake-based Gee Automotive Group says it has expanded to Western Washington through the purchase last week of the assets of the Huling Bros. Auto Center dealership in West Seattle.The acquisition, in which Gee Automotive and Scottsdale,

Colmac Coil Manufacturing Inc., a Colville, Wash.-based maker of components for heating and cooling systems, has landed a big contract to provide equipment for an airport in the Middle East, and that large order is requiring it to boost its work by

Spokane County officials have accepted a site plan, and have required traffic improvements, for an 18-lot commercial development proposed for the northeast corner of U.S. 395 and Hatch Road, north of Spokane.The development, to be called Midway

Precision Countertops Inc., of Portland, Ore., says it plans to open a manufacturing facility in the Spokane Valley, where it will employ up to 25 people. The new plant here will be the counter-top makers third.The company has leased a space