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Internal Medicine

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Life Imitating Family Guy: 'Faith-healing' Parents Gregory and JaLea Swezey Acquitted of Murder, Refused Doctor for Sick Son

    A mother and father in Okanogan County were acquitted of murder after they summoned their church elders instead of a doctor when their son was dying of appendicitis. Lois and Peter Griffin would not approve.

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    Paula Deen's Best Diabetic Shortcuts

    It wasn't exactly shocking when butter maven Paula Deen revealed she'd gone and given herself "the Sugars"-- aka type 2 diabetes-- last January. It was a little surprising she sat on the information for over three years and is now a pharmaceutical spokesperson for the drugs to treat the disease, all ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    UW Study Links SPAM to Increased Diabetes Risk

    In a study which could have significant implications for food policy in rural areas, a team of University of Washington researchers has demonstrated consumers of processed meats, such as SPAM, hot dogs and breakfast sausages, are twice as likely to develop diabetes. The association between processe ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 25, 2012

    Gift of Gab

    In a study which could have significant implications for food policy in rural areas, a team of University of Washington researchers has demonstrated consumers of processed meats, such as SPAM, hot dogs and breakfast sausages, are twice as likely to develop diabetes. The association between processe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Thankfulness is Gluten-Free

    http://www.austinpost.org​Staring out the window at this dreary November morning, I have to admit: I am not at all sure what happened to the rest of 2011. It seems unrealistic to say that this year was actually more busy than previous years. It seems unscientific to say that time actually pass ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Be's Is a Solid Plan C for Breakfast in the Junction

    ​Inevitably on Sunday around 11:30A.M., you will find yourself exceedingly hungry. Whether it be from a hardy hangover, that morning yoga class or just general laziness, there will come a time when your body simply has to be fed. When waning blood sugar dictates you can no longer wait the 45 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Farmers Markets: For the Love of Gluten-Free Food

    seattlefarmersmarketassociation.wordpress.com​It is a beautiful day in Seattle. This is my favorite time of year: blue sky, cooling weather, changing leaves, and steam off a cup of hot coffee. Summer, toward the end of its reign, often gets scattered and hectic. I find myself eating whatever I ... More >>

  • Food

    August 31, 2011

    A Little Raskin: Gluten for Punishment

    Food banks struggle to find space for special diets.

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    David Andrew Cecil, Oregon Bad Dad, Blames High Blood Sugar on Decision to Abuse Son with Buckets of Cold Water

    ​Before David Andrew Cecil was sentenced to six years in prison for child abuse on Tuesday, he took the time to explain to his son why it was that he forced him to stand outside in near-freezing temperatures wearing only his underwear, while his dad threw buckets of cold water on him. His exc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    Dolce Lou Brings Gluten-Free to Seattle's Etsy Scene

    http://www.etsy.com/shop/DolceLou​Meet Phebe Rossi at a networking event, and she'll be likely to hand you a little package of two chocolate cookies and a business card. "I'm a baker," she says. "I don't know how to talk to people!" She seems convinced when she says it, but her personable natu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Laurel Gordon, Grays Harbor County Dairy Ambassador, Is Lactose Intolerant

    ​In a perfect world every "dairy ambassador" would spend his or her off-hours chugging pint glasses of whole milk and wearing whipped cream underwear to the cheese shop. Well, this is not a perfect world. And Laurel Gordon, Grays Harbor County's Dairy Ambassador, is not a perfect ambassador.

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    Amazon Grocery: Gluten Free Food at Discounted Prices, but by Volumes Impossible to Consume Before Saturday.

    ​There seem to be at least two important memos circulating right now, both of which I missed until a couple of days ago. The first is that the end of the world begins this coming Saturday. If you're on (near, around, know about, or ever once accidentally encountered) Twitter, you are probably ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Gluten-Free Gets Out of Seattle, With Granny Lala's

    ​Within the city of Seattle, eaters with allergies are beginning to get spoiled. Seattle has a relatively high awareness level when it comes to things like celiac disease, and a large number of groceries, restaurants, and coffee shops have long since realized that supplying customers with food ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Wheatgrass: Gluten-Free, or Gluten-Full?

    www.giveittomeraw.com​Ah, wheatgrass. For something so innocent and cheerfully plastic looking as it sits waving at you from the Whole Foods juice bar (like Easter basket grass), wheatgrass carries an unexpected amount of controversy around with it. Like much of the juicing and raw food heal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    Franklin Gutierrez Has Irritable Bowel Syndrome and the Mariners Are Crappy.

    Image source​The Mariners' are already seven games under .500 in 2011, so at first blush the news that centerfielder Franklin Gutierrez has been diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a relatively common but potentially debilitating gastrointestinal illness, seems like the poop-frostin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    EnviroKidz: Indestructible Crispy Rice Snacks

    ​Rice cakes are great, but let's face it: They're completely impractical. Somebody somewhere at some point thought it would be a good idea to attempt to force a food with no inherent qualities into a cake shape and market it as edible. Every time I see rice cakes in the store, I think "Hey! Gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    One Blogger on a Soapbox, Addressing Gluten-Free Emergencies

    http://www.costco.com​Recently, in preparation for a weeklong camping trip, a friend of mine with a sense of humor sent me the link for information Costco's "Augason Farms Gluten Free Complete Meal Pack." While I felt that carrying 18 10-pound buckets of dehydrated meals in my backpack sounded ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Ron Pace, Tacoma Dog Trainer, Saves Dying Dog With CPR, But First Makes Sure Cameras Are Rolling (VIDEO)

    ​Tacoma dog trainer and fertile mustache garden Ron Pace is what's known on the street as a badass. He teaches dogs stuff. He dazzles the ladies. And if a dog goes down, he jumps into action. But not before he makes sure someone has a camera rolling.

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Toe-Eating Dog Soon to Be Available For Adoption

    ​Do you need some added companionship around the house? Are you an animal lover? And most importantly, do have have or plan on having an abundance of dead tissue on your body, like say a few dead and infected toes? Well, the Saving Grace Pet Adoption Center in Roseburg, Ore. has just the dog f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Teahouse Kuan Yin: Et Tu, Pastry?

    ​This morning, on a whim, I am drinking tea at the Teahouse Kuan Yin in Wallingford. The great outdoors have turned into one giant slushie, and it seemed like tea might fit the bill as something to pair with the galoshes, heavy coat, and various other winter accessories. Urbanspoon said this t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Food Allergies Take a Holiday (pt. 2)

    http://www.scientificamerican.com/ - Jen Christiansen/JupiterImages​Last Wednesday, Allergic to Food made mention of the recent estimates that 1 in every 133 Americans suffers from some kind of gluten sensitivity. Statistically speaking, this means that it is highly likely somebody at Christma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    How Many Calories Are in a Gingerbread Mansion?

    ​The average gingerbread house made by the average citizen stands about nine inches tall and should look like nothing more than a cheery, candy-decorated cottage. The gingerbread mansions at the Seattle Sheraton Hotel's annual Gingerbread Village are far beyond average, as they're made by prof ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Food Allergies Take a Holiday (pt. 1)

    5 dozen kringle, 3 dozen cinnamon rolls...​It's that time of year again. Christmas is nearly upon us, and the majority of us are madly trying to cram holiday cheer into the cracks of our lives that we're counting as "free time" for the next month. Gift shopping, meal planning, obligatory bakin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2010

    Nothing Says Lovin' Like Something From the Oven

    That doughy boy from Pillsbury was on to something with that catchphrase. And, if you have someone in your life that gives YOU some lovin' from the oven, we hope you'll be giving them a special gift...and more, this holiday season. Today, we continue our list of Cookbooks for Giving. ​The Gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Today in Sex: An Active Sex Life Helps Men Live Longer (Unless They're Cheating)

    ​In a study that will certainly be forwarded to husbands everywhere, a team of Italian researchers have determined that an active sex life keeps men more heart-healthy and therefore, alive longer. Diabetic men seem to get even more beneficial effects from sex and regardless of blood sugar leve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    Why Doesn't Experience Music Project Have a Nickname?

    ​In a list of the 10 Biggest Design Failures of the Past 25 Years, The Infrastructurist pegged Paul Allen's Experience Music Project as the fourth-worst offender. Saying that "locals" like to call the $100 million dollar Frank Gehry fever-dream "the hemorrhoids." Wait, we do?

  • Music

    April 21, 2010

    The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

    ​In a list of the 10 Biggest Design Failures of the Past 25 Years, The Infrastructurist pegged Paul Allen's Experience Music Project as the fourth-worst offender. Saying that "locals" like to call the $100 million dollar Frank Gehry fever-dream "the hemorrhoids." Wait, we do?

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    Vancouver Deputy Edward Bylsma Sues Burger King for Loogie on His Whopper

    Another way: spit in his Whopper.​Last March, K-9 Deputy Edward Bylsma ordered a Whopper at the drive-in of a Vancouver, Washington Burger King. Bylsma got a bad vibe from the young clerk who handed him his food. So he carefully peeled away the bottom patty from the bun and, sure enough, found ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    How Former Microsoft Manager Jeff Reifman Caught Wired's Vanished Reporter Evan Ratliff

    Rick DahmsFormer Microsoft manager and internet sleuth Jeff Reifman.​If you followed the saga of Wired writer Evan Ratliff's Vanish project, you probably already know the role played by Seattle resident Jeff Reifman. Ratliff's experiment was this: He wanted to find out how hard it was to disap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Jon Stewart's Glenn Beck Takedown

    If you happened to be on Twitter last night around 11 PM, you probably saw the words "epic," "Jon Stewart" and "Glenn Beck" strung together no less than a dozen times. The Daily Show host used the occasion of Beck's emergency appendicitis to launch into a perfectly absurd parody of the Fox host's ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2009

    The Stone River Boys

    Wednesday, July 1

  • Diversions

    April 22, 2009

    Step One: Move Out of Parents' House. Step Two: Get Laid

    Wednesday, July 1

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2009

    McCready Lobbies For The Right To Take An Emergency Deuce

    Just for fun, an old press pic for Shadow, Mike McCready's first band (originally named Warrior). Love those rawkin' 'dos. This news came out a few days ago (courtesy of the Seattle Times), so I'm a little late to the party here, but I think it's still worth talking about. I already feel that Pearl ... More >>

  • News

    October 29, 2008

    Was Roxanna Brown an Art-World Fraud?

    Her questionable death in federal custody means we may never know.

  • Music

    April 30, 2008

    Songs in the Key of Glee

    Kelly Stoltz and UFO spring to life.

  • News

    November 28, 2007

    Quiz: Is Wexley School for Girls a Restaurant, an Ad Agency, or a College Preparatory Institution?

    Hint: The service sucks, the chickens are fake, and it's not a joke.

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2007

    Book Release: Gluten-Free Girl

    Hint: The service sucks, the chickens are fake, and it's not a joke.

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2007

    Changes at the Super Bowl

    Hint: The service sucks, the chickens are fake, and it's not a joke.

  • Diversions

    January 3, 2007

    Does a Bear Shit in the Woods?

    Huggzyboo (1930-2006) never did. Now he's dead.

  • Music

    April 6, 2005

    Jimmy Chamberlain Complex

    Also: Crohn's and Colitis Foundation Benefit: Fight To Mars + Left Hand Smoke + Lee Rude And The Trainwrecks, and Marbles.

  • News

    April 7, 2004

    The Original Rocket Man

    Also: Crohn's and Colitis Foundation Benefit: Fight To Mars + Left Hand Smoke + Lee Rude And The Trainwrecks, and Marbles.

  • News

    March 31, 2004

    Love to Hear Percussion

    Also: Crohn's and Colitis Foundation Benefit: Fight To Mars + Left Hand Smoke + Lee Rude And The Trainwrecks, and Marbles.

  • News

    April 17, 2002

    Meat: the bad news

    Also: Crohn's and Colitis Foundation Benefit: Fight To Mars + Left Hand Smoke + Lee Rude And The Trainwrecks, and Marbles.

  • News

    January 23, 2002

    What you "know" could hurt you

    Vitamin C prevents colds, oat bran cures cancer, mammograms are good for you, and other popular health myths.

  • Arts

    May 23, 2001

    Small World

    Now hear this!

  • News

    July 7, 1999

    Shots in the DARK?

    Debate over new generation of vaccines gets prickly.

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