Dr. Carl Garabedian and other Spokane pediatric heart physicians are pioneering the use of 3-D printed models to plan and practice complex heart procedures. The physicians, who work at the Providence Center for Congenital Heart Disease clinic at Sacred H

After two years of declining sales, activity is heating up in a big way at Hotstart Inc. The Spokane Valley-based maker of engine heating equipment is seeing a 30 percent increase in revenue so far this year and is hiring more employees to handle the add

While managing the experience of labor and delivery can be a difficult task for any woman, Spokane obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Lori Smetana says hospitals here and across the nation are working to make things just a little bit easier. 'Women tod

Deb Barnes, president and CEO of Every Woman Can, says the newly created nonprofit dedicated to breast cancer awareness soon will start seeking to move the topic of the disease more pointedly into the discussion of health care in general. The new nonpro

A $12 million medical and professional office complex envisioned at the base of Spokane's lower South Hill is in the early planning stages. Baker Construction & Development Inc., of Spokane, recently submitted a predevelopment application to start the

With offices on the lower South Hill and North Spokane, urologists at Spokane Urology are blowing away the national average for using robotics technology to remove tumors and cancerous portions from kidneys, claims one of the practice's six managing par

Eastern Washington University is partnering with St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute in a new physical and occupational therapy clinic in the University District that will provide more opportunities for student training as well as additional patient acc

Early last month, Spokane-based ophthalmologist Dr. Jonathan Haymore returned from his second annual surgical expedition to Honduras, where he and a team of volunteers work to perform cataract and other eye surgeries on those who can't otherwise afford

Demand for respiratory therapists is growing alongside that discipline's increased educational requirements, soon to be packaged into Spokane Community College's first four-year degree program. Starting next fall, SCC will offer its new bachelor of a