Medicine

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The Murder of George Tiller

The murder of George Tiller (can we please stop calling him "late-term abortion provider George Tiller"?) is at one end of a continuum of violence and harassment that many health care professionals endure every day. I know this because my sister works for Planned Parenthood in Minnesota, where she ... More >>

Ask the Bartender: Should Bars Be Part of Smoking Ban?

It's that time of week when we answer the questions you're to drunk or shy to ask...This question comes from Tim: I'm a smoker, not proud of it, but not ashamed. I understand the smoking ban in restaurants, but why bars? A bar is 21 and over. Shouldn't bars be allowed to decide for themselves? I ... More >>

Local Church Starts “Embryo Adoption” Service

“Embryos are not simply human material to be used for medical experimentation, vaccine cultivation, or trash to be discarded.”

Gates Declares War on Butts

“Embryos are not simply human material to be used for medical experimentation, vaccine cultivation, or trash to be discarded.”

Passing the Butt

"Business owners might invest in a used coffee can on the sidewalk, filled with sand, and a sign that says 'Park Your Butts Here.'"

The AIDS Evangelists

World Vision is campaigning to raise AIDS compassion among Christians. The key: focus on widows and orphans.

The End of Pride

"Pride parades don't seem like much other than an excuse to get inebriated and find a new hookup."

Scary Mary

"Pride parades don't seem like much other than an excuse to get inebriated and find a new hookup."

Election 2005, City Hall, Seattle Public Schools, the Bird Flu

"Pride parades don't seem like much other than an excuse to get inebriated and find a new hookup."

Smoke Gets in Your I-901

The challenges of an outdoor smoking ban.

Allentown, Drug War, Racism

The challenges of an outdoor smoking ban.

Postmortem of a Scandal

The main fall guy in the UW Medicare-fraud investigation says federal rules confounded him and other docs.

Killer Mosquitoes

West Nile Virus has arrived in the Northwest.

Rhymes with Seltzer

West Nile Virus has arrived in the Northwest.

The new faces of AIDS

Disproportionately infected, blacks confront the reality that it's no longer a white, gay disease.

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.

AIDS: The Second Wave

A return to sexually risky behavior prompts an in-your-face response.

Of mice and misjudgment

UW suspends research over violations of federal law by professor and his technologist.

The Nightstand

Book news and gossip.

Heartless

In the wake of a controversial surgeon's departure, Children's Hospital has drastically cut its heart surgery services.

Deutsche Fever

In the wake of a controversial surgeon's departure, Children's Hospital has drastically cut its heart surgery services.

Missing instruments

Another 13-inch surgical tool is left inside a patient at UW hospital.

News Clips— How's Nick?

Another 13-inch surgical tool is left inside a patient at UW hospital.

Book briefs

A chronicle of smallpox, and a Christmas fable to avoid like smallpox.

Beating the biological clock

If no more than 20 percent of infertility is age-related, why are doctors trying to freak childless women out?

Queer blood

Controversy over the prohibition on blood donations from gay men surfaces after the terrorist attacks.

Defending my life

"So now I'm told that while my illness was recently described as terminal, I can, perhaps, be saved. . . . I'm left with one of those too-simple questions: How much is the extension of a life worth? The answer, we learn from childhood: It depends. It depends on who I am. It depends on the accidental ... More >>

News Clips— Supremes club cannabis

"So now I'm told that while my illness was recently described as terminal, I can, perhaps, be saved. . . . I'm left with one of those too-simple questions: How much is the extension of a life worth? The answer, we learn from childhood: It depends. It depends on who I am. It depends on the accidental ... More >>

All our children

"So now I'm told that while my illness was recently described as terminal, I can, perhaps, be saved. . . . I'm left with one of those too-simple questions: How much is the extension of a life worth? The answer, we learn from childhood: It depends. It depends on who I am. It depends on the accidental ... More >>

The Clubhouse

A funny lady leaves behind a legacy of optimism and hope

Tearing at Children's Heart

The controversy that has shaken Children's Hospital to its core

$200 worth of prevention

A new Seattle nonprofit wants to bribe drug abusing women to not have children.

Washington's war on pot

Marijuana arrests are on the rise.

Rock Hurts

Seattle's musicians have created a colorful scene—that's mostly black, blue, and bloody.

Where are the men?

Gay men's political activism is at a 30-year low.

DUMP: The Alternative to EMP

Gay men's political activism is at a 30-year low.

Waiting for medical marijuana

The antidrug mafia makes sure Washington state keeps off the grass.

". . . he has his head shoved so far up his rear he wouldn't see his perfect woman if she was dancing the polka naked in his cubicle."

The antidrug mafia makes sure Washington state keeps off the grass.

Busting out

A local radio station says bigger is better.

The joy of bleeding

A local radio station says bigger is better.

Call for a Cure

The social history of treating a dread disease.

Shots in the DARK?

Debate over new generation of vaccines gets prickly.

How's Charlie?

Nine heart bypasses put Chong back in council race.

AIDS charity: Patient search

Nine heart bypasses put Chong back in council race.

Letters

Rebirth

The doctor is out

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

Touch me, I'm sick

It's sooo tragic when beautiful young white people die.

When your blood eats your brain

Mad-cow disease has shut down Britain's blood supply. Could it also be contaminating the US supply?

The Man Who Remade Women

Kirkland plastic surgeon Greg Johnson considered himself an artist who sculpted women in the flesh, but some patients say he was a shape-shifter of a very different kind. JUST ASK HIS WIFE