Using the same technology found in clothing tags used in retail-store tracking systems, a study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that surgical sponges with implanted radio frequency (RF) tags may be an effective adjunct to

Rockwood Clinic PS, the Community Health Systems-owned doctors group here, plans to open a new specialty clinic next month across the street from Valley Hospital & Medical Center.To be called Rockwood Valley Specialty Center, the office will be

The Spokane Regional Health District is asking Spokane County and the cities within it to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes and nicotine to minors. The district claims that its call to outlaw electronic-cigarette sales to minors is the first of

From 1998 to 2007, the use of CT or MRI scans in emergency departments for injury-related conditions increased about threefold without a similar increase in the prevalence of the diagnosis of certain life-threatening trauma-related conditions, says

Spencer's Antiques & Collectibles Emporium has moved from an 8,500-square-foot space at 3818 N. Market to a 14,200-square-foot space at 1325 N. Division.Kay Kallenbach, owner of the antiques mall, says the Washington state Department of bought a

The city of Spokane has awarded a $570,000 contract to Arc Electric & Lighting Corp., of Spokane, to lay about 25,300 linear feet of fiber-optic cable along Third Avenue between Division and Maple streets.The cable will transfer information from

Boise-based Green Home LLC, a home energy-efficiency improvement contractor, has leased 4,200 square feet of space in the Spokane Business & Industrial Park, at 3808 N. Sullivan, and has opened a branch office there. Chase Breckner, of Crown West a