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—Mike McLean

The Academy retirement center embraces its old-school appeal

The Academy boasts steady occupancy rate
February 27, 2014
Mike McLean
The Academy, a Merrill Gardens Community, located in a venerable Victorian building in the Gonzaga University neighborhood east of downtown, has been nearly full for a number of years, even through the Great Recession, says Mark Scroggin, the facility's
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Developer starts work on $5 million rental complex

42-unit Broadway Villas to target empty nesters
February 27, 2014
Mike McLean
A Spokane Valley development company has started work on the first phase of a $5 million residential rental complex that will be marketed to independent seniors. The 42-unit complex named Broadway Villas will be comprised of six triplex structures and
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—Treva Lind

Tiller Care Strategies focuses on assisting seniors in transition

Tiller Care Strategies finds support services, facilities
February 27, 2014
Treva Lind
Becky Tiller, owner of the geriatric care management service Tiller Care Strategies LLC, of Spokane, says clients most frequently ask how to decide when it's time to move a loved one into a long-term care facility. Tiller suggests approaching the de
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Many employers hanging tough with dental coverage

But third of state residents lack oral-health insurance
February 13, 2014
Staff Report
The beginning of the New Year brought a lot of change in our health care system. Business owners and employees had many decisions to make. The changes in medical coverage from the Affordable Care Act and the challenges with enrollment were overwhelming-
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Next-generation pathology is close to being reality

Digital review, genomic medicine among changes
February 13, 2014
David C. Hoak
When I was young, my father would take me to the lab on weekends. He would look at smears of blood under the microscope, place samples on circular blood plates to allow bacteria to grow, and type out biopsy and pap test reports by himself on a typewriter
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Small-employer health insurance to evolve in '14

Cost, affordability to remain top of mind
February 13, 2014
Bill Akers
The last few months of news have not been kind to the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Implementation of the Exchange has been smooth in Washington state compared with the badly flawed rollout of healthcare.gov nationally. But, regardless of
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Noninvasive prenatal testing shows potential

Simple blood test can ID risk factors in pregnancy
February 13, 2014
Matt Tschirgi
There is a new blood test that is taking the world of prenatal diagnosis by storm: noninvasive prenatal testing. It can be performed on a pregnant woman as early as 10 weeks gestation, perhaps even before she has announced to family and friends that
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—Linn Parish

Heart disease prevention program might delay memory loss

Practitioner says system could help deter dementia
February 13, 2014
Linn Parish
A heart-attack prevention method developed in Spokane and now used throughout the U.S. might be useful in staving off dementia as well, says one Spokane physician who is using the system. Dr. Jeff Emery, a prevention specialist with Spokane-based Northwe
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—Katie Ross

Using software to treat rheumatoid arthritis

Company, practice here join to invent, market app
February 13, 2014
Katie Ross
Discus Analytics LLC, which launched in Spokane in May 2011, has collaborated with doctors here to invent and begin marketing a software application designed to help better treat rheumatoid arthritis and its progression. The company worked with physici
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—Mike McLean

WSU Spokane starts work on master-plan update

College looks to address future needs at Riverpoint
February 13, 2014
Mike McLean
Following the opening of its $79 million Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences Building on the Riverpoint Campus east of downtown late last year, Washington State University Spokane has started its next master-plan update. The focus of the master plan
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