Bloom Spokane, a three-year-old nonprofit that provides childbirth resources, is blossoming itself with more than 3,300 visits a month to its website and almost 90 health care providers listed as members.The group grew from founder and executive...
Full StoryHeart attacks during pregnancy are uncommon, but the prevalence of heart disease in pregnant mothers has increased during the past decade as more women delay pregnancy until they are older. These women, who are generally less physically active than...
Full StoryPresbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, of New York City, has begun offering what's called Intrabeam radiotherapy to women with early-stage breast cancer, an innovative radiation treatment delivered in a single dose at the time of with...
Full StoryAfter 10 years of debate regarding the risks and benefits of hormone therapy, 15 medical organizations have come together to issue a statement of agreement regarding the benefits of hormone therapy for symptomatic menopausal women.The new joint...
Full StoryThe Northwest Mothers Milk Bank and McHenry, Ill.-based breast pump provider Medela Inc. earlier this month announced a partnership with King West Pictures to increase awareness of human milk banks and the value of breast milk feeding, especially a...
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Spokane-based movement specialist and Pilates instructor Larkin Barnett say she wants to share with as many people as she can her beliefs about the health benefits that can be attained just by paying more attention to one's breathing.Barnett, on...
Full StoryThe concept of a retirement age is going the way of the typewriter, another 20th century relic that has been made irrelevant by changing circumstances. Many middle-class Americans now expect to work until they have saved enough to afford to to the...
Full StoryWhen it comes to passing on wealth, nearly one-quarter of U.S.-based high- net-worth individuals don't trust their children or stepchildren to protect their inheritance, according to the latest report in the Barclays Wealth Insights series. more of...
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Despite the trend among medium-sized and large companies to halt their defined-benefit pension plans, certain small businesses are finding advantages in setting them up, some retirement-plan consultants here say.Mike Furrer, an independent to of...
Full StoryAmerican retirees are feeling more financially secure than they did in 2009, but fewer have estimated how long their assets will last into retirement, a new study indicates.The study, titled "The Financial Recovery for Retirees Continues," was a...
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