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Health and Human Services Sector

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Canadian Company Peddles Genetically Modified Apples That Brown Less When Cut

    ​To say that Washington is known for apples is to say that Italy is known for Catholicism. So when news broke today that Okanagan Specialty Fruits in British Columbia is trying to get genetically altered apples that don't brown as quickly as normal apples onto the U.S. market, more than a few ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 13, 2010

    Mary McIntyre

    ​To say that Washington is known for apples is to say that Italy is known for Catholicism. So when news broke today that Okanagan Specialty Fruits in British Columbia is trying to get genetically altered apples that don't brown as quickly as normal apples onto the U.S. market, more than a few ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2010

    Beer, Wine and Local Boys Done Good

    Cindy ParksBlake Lewis and Mateo Messina.​On a recent visit to SLU's Re:public, folks were surprised by the treat of a somewhat impromptu concert by Grammy Award-winning composer (ever hear of that one movie "Juno"?) and local boy Mateo Messina and American Idol finalist (and local boy) Blake ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2010

    T.R. Reid

    Cindy ParksBlake Lewis and Mateo Messina.​On a recent visit to SLU's Re:public, folks were surprised by the treat of a somewhat impromptu concert by Grammy Award-winning composer (ever hear of that one movie "Juno"?) and local boy Mateo Messina and American Idol finalist (and local boy) Blake ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 9, 2010

    Imogen Heap

    Cindy ParksBlake Lewis and Mateo Messina.​On a recent visit to SLU's Re:public, folks were surprised by the treat of a somewhat impromptu concert by Grammy Award-winning composer (ever hear of that one movie "Juno"?) and local boy Mateo Messina and American Idol finalist (and local boy) Blake ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 14, 2010

    Atul Gawande

    Cindy ParksBlake Lewis and Mateo Messina.​On a recent visit to SLU's Re:public, folks were surprised by the treat of a somewhat impromptu concert by Grammy Award-winning composer (ever hear of that one movie "Juno"?) and local boy Mateo Messina and American Idol finalist (and local boy) Blake ... More >>

  • News

    March 24, 2010

    Load Warriors: UW Scientists Lead the Race for the Long-Delayed Male Birth Control Pill

    Cindy ParksBlake Lewis and Mateo Messina.​On a recent visit to SLU's Re:public, folks were surprised by the treat of a somewhat impromptu concert by Grammy Award-winning composer (ever hear of that one movie "Juno"?) and local boy Mateo Messina and American Idol finalist (and local boy) Blake ... More >>

  • News

    January 13, 2010

    Bartell's and the Drug War

    The Seattle chain cuts its Medicaid losses.

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    Comment of the Day: Won't Someone Please Think of the Children!

    ​Reader Michelle responds to Children's Hospital Yanks on the Heartstrings of the Seattle City Council. She wants to know why the expansion of a hospital for kids is even up for discussion. "This is the most absurd, selfish thing I have ever heard of. They are not building a jail or an apartm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Pollan's Take On Health Care & the Food Industry

    Micheal Pollan's last piece in The New York Times was unfocused and cringe-inducing (think elitism, feminist scapegoating), but his op-ed this week is definitely worth a read. Pollan argues that any form of health care reform is incomplete without taking a serious look at the rise of chronic disease ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Nickels Sides With Sick Kids Over Whiny Neighbors

    ​It's hardly a shocker of a campaign move, even in a city where nothing is more sacred than single-family neighborhoods, but Greg Nickels announced today his support for the planned Children's Hospital expansion, which the City Examiner ruled against, citing inconvenience to the hospital's Lau ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 24, 2009

    Andrew Wyeth

    ​It's hardly a shocker of a campaign move, even in a city where nothing is more sacred than single-family neighborhoods, but Greg Nickels announced today his support for the planned Children's Hospital expansion, which the City Examiner ruled against, citing inconvenience to the hospital's Lau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2009

    Science, Always Busting Plants' Chops: Yerba Mate

    Thank you reader Matt, from Burlington, VT for sending me THIS LINK from the LA Times about yerba mate. A 2003 review of all existing studies on yerba mate, published in the journal Head and Neck, confirmed that people who regularly drink large amounts of the tea -- as much as a liter or more each d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2008

    Tully's Wants Your Ideas, Too

    Thank you reader Matt, from Burlington, VT for sending me THIS LINK from the LA Times about yerba mate. A 2003 review of all existing studies on yerba mate, published in the journal Head and Neck, confirmed that people who regularly drink large amounts of the tea -- as much as a liter or more each d ... More >>

  • News

    November 30, 2005

    The Drugging of the American Mind

    A new generation of meds to treat mental illness has turned millions of Americans into human guinea pigs. Among them is an eyewitness who thinks the drug 'revolution' has gone too far.

  • Food

    March 9, 2005

    Elliott Bay Brewpub

    A new generation of meds to treat mental illness has turned millions of Americans into human guinea pigs. Among them is an eyewitness who thinks the drug 'revolution' has gone too far.

  • News

    September 29, 2004

    Purple Reign

    In an election year of really big spenders, the Service Employees International Union stands out.

  • News

    June 30, 2004

    How Broad Was Fraud?

    While UW Medical was ripping off Medicare, say whistle-blowers, private insurers and patients were overbilled, too.

  • News

    November 19, 2003

    Biotech Land Rush

    A glut of development is planned in Seattle, Bothell, and Rentonenough to accommodate tens of thousands of life-science researchers and other 'knowledge' workers. Are there enough tenants to go around?

  • News

    October 1, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Kids with rocks and spray paint on summer break, chants and posters, and suicide as street theater are not going to bring down the WTO.

  • News

    May 21, 2003

    A Labor of Shove

    A militant union, 26,000 low-paid workers, and a $23 billion budget collide in Olympia.

  • News

    February 26, 2003

    Street Asylum

    Budget cuts are leaving a homeless, mentally ill population with few options.

  • Music

    February 5, 2003

    Rhymes with Seltzer

    Budget cuts are leaving a homeless, mentally ill population with few options.

  • News

    December 18, 2002

    PacMed Discharged

    Once near death, Seattle's public health-care provider is well enough to stand alone. Does that fulfill its mission?

  • News

    August 7, 2002

    Why Morning-After Drugs Are Still a Hard Sell

    Washington state set national precedents with progressive policies offering women "morning-after" pills. Despite grassroots PR—and legislation—many women still don't know of the drugs or how to get them.

  • News

    June 26, 2002

    Is Newer Better?

    Questions emerge about a new way to check blood pressure.

  • Arts

    March 27, 2002

    Dot matrix

    Jaq Chartier smears the line between art and science with her DNA-inspired blobs.

  • News

    March 20, 2002

    Promises, promises

    Jaq Chartier smears the line between art and science with her DNA-inspired blobs.

  • News

    March 13, 2002

    Who Said It?

    Jaq Chartier smears the line between art and science with her DNA-inspired blobs.

  • News

    February 27, 2002

    Biotech blast

    Jaq Chartier smears the line between art and science with her DNA-inspired blobs.

  • News

    December 26, 2001

    The cost of health

    Jaq Chartier smears the line between art and science with her DNA-inspired blobs.

  • News

    September 5, 2001

    "...you don't know what the hell I'm talking about and every time I've written to explain this very complicated subject, you have not written back."

    Jaq Chartier smears the line between art and science with her DNA-inspired blobs.

  • News

    June 27, 2001

    The right to remain sick

    Jaq Chartier smears the line between art and science with her DNA-inspired blobs.

  • News

    February 28, 2001

    Crazy cuts

    Critics assail the governor's plan for the mentally ill.

  • News

    July 19, 2000

    Stuck . . . with the bill

    Insurance companies are having to pay up for alternative medicine.

  • News

    August 4, 1999

    Don't get sick

    Insurance companies are having to pay up for alternative medicine.

  • News

    May 19, 1999

    Life™

    Insurance companies are having to pay up for alternative medicine.

  • News

    October 21, 1998

    Universal citizens

    Insurance companies are having to pay up for alternative medicine.

  • News

    May 13, 1998

    The doctor is out

    Squeezed by low managed-care reimbursements and burdensome anti-fraud rules, local docs and hospitals drop their Medicare patients.

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