Two Spokane-area horse-centered nonprofits have new programs in the works here. Last week, Free Rein Therapeutic Riding, of Spokane, launched The Equus Effect, a Connecticut-based equine therapy program, says John Owen, executive director of Free Rein.

Dr. Adam Duke contends that women who have endometriosis largely have been failed by the medical community.

A new Washington state law takes effect within a few months that will require health care facilities, following a mammogram, to inform patients if they have dense breast tissue, says Dr. Rachel O'Connor

Some medical educators here say a growing number of medical students are choosing to specialize in women's health, specifically obstetrics and gynecology.

Marimn Health, the Coeur d'Alene Tribe's health care organization, plans to construct a new $15.8 million youth and family recreation center on tribal reservation land off of U.S. 95, near Worley, Idaho

Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Inland Northwest is building a $17.5 million additional housing facility, the nonprofit organization's first major expansion in 17 years.

The founders of Arevo Health LLC, the cloud-based software startup company that began here in 2013, say they've secured important new investments that will support the company's continued growth and expansion. Company CEO Ryan Fix says the company

Spokane-based niche eye clinic Northwest Pediatric Ophthalmology PS is projecting it will be able to see up to 80 patients a day in its new, larger medical office at 842 S. Cowley, says Rachelle Zimmerer, the practice's manager. That's roughly 10 to