http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/index.html en-us Copyright 2009 The Seattle Times Company Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:41:08 PST Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:41:08 PST MattBase 1 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/art/ui/stlogo_231.gif http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010317178_apusmedswineflucorrection.html?syndication=rss Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu. Health http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010317178_apusmedswineflucorrection.html?syndication=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:32:06 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010316900_apusmedswineflu.html?syndication=rss Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu. Health http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010316900_apusmedswineflu.html?syndication=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:29:06 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2010316511_apushealthcareoverhaul.html?syndication=rss With no margin for rebellion, Senate Democrats pushed toward a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill Friday, and wavering moderates appeared to be falling in line on President Barack Obama's signature issue. Politics http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2010316511_apushealthcareoverhaul.html?syndication=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:19:07 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010313892_apusmedfewerpapsmears.html?syndication=rss First mammograms. Now - in an apparent coincidence - Pap smears. Health http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010313892_apusmedfewerpapsmears.html?syndication=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:29:10 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010313890_apushealthoverhaulabortion.html?syndication=rss The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010313890_apushealthoverhaulabortion.html?syndication=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:49:13 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010316441_apusplavixprilosecfdacorrective.html?syndication=rss In a Nov. 17 story about drug interactions between heartburn medications and the blood thinner Plavix, The Associated Press misidentified Johnson & Johnson's Mylanta as part of the H-2 blocker drug family. Mylanta is an antacid. Health http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010316441_apusplavixprilosecfdacorrective.html?syndication=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:46:03 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010316421_apasmedvaccinepricedrop.html?syndication=rss Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday. Like little ones everywhere, the reaction to the sting was never pretty. Health http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010316421_apasmedvaccinepricedrop.html?syndication=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:31:03 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010313891_apusmedpredictingptsd.html?syndication=rss Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images. Health http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010313891_apusmedpredictingptsd.html?syndication=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:31:03 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010316357_apusmedswinefluvaccinemess.html?syndication=rss When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right. Health http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010316357_apusmedswinefluvaccinemess.html?syndication=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:01:03 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/homegarden/2010303571_hoarding20.html?syndication=rss A look at one woman's efforts to overcome hoarding and the help she found along the way. Home & Garden http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/homegarden/2010303571_hoarding20.html?syndication=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:43:43 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010313641_apasmedvaccinepricedrop.html?syndication=rss Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday. Like little ones everywhere, the reaction to the sting was never pretty. Health http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010313641_apasmedvaccinepricedrop.html?syndication=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:16:03 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010312902_apusmedfewerpapsmears.html?syndication=rss Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer. Health http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010312902_apusmedfewerpapsmears.html?syndication=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:31:06 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010312817_apusmedpredictingptsd.html?syndication=rss Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images. Health http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010312817_apusmedpredictingptsd.html?syndication=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:31:06 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010312978_botax20.html?syndication=rss The White House and Senate Democrats have turned to a proposal to tax breast implants, tummy tucks, wrinkle-smoothing injections and other procedures as they search for ways to pay for health-care overhaul plans. Health http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010312978_botax20.html?syndication=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:16:03 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010312988_swedish20m.html?syndication=rss The largest hospital system in the Puget Sound area is threatening to end its contract with the state's largest health insurer unless it receives higher payments for medical services. Health http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010312988_swedish20m.html?syndication=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:46:03 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010312874_drpay20.html?syndication=rss The Democratic-controlled House voted Thursday to add more than $200 billion to the deficit to prevent steep Medicare payment cuts to doctors, a move Republicans denounced as a political payoff. Health http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010312874_drpay20.html?syndication=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:46:02 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010312980_pap20.html?syndication=rss New guidelines for cervical-cancer screening say women should delay their first Pap test until age 21 and be screened less often than previously recommended. Health http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010312980_pap20.html?syndication=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:31:01 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010312879_hospital20.html?syndication=rss California's public-university system on Thursday agreed to fully reopen a troubled South Los Angeles hospital that was partially closed in 2007 after deadly lapses in care. Health http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010312879_hospital20.html?syndication=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:46:02 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010312858_apaschinaswineflu.html?syndication=rss China's health ministry said it will punish officials who underreport cases of swine flu after a doctor famous for exposing the extent of the 2003 SARS epidemic said he believes the true number of swine flu deaths is being covered up. Health http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010312858_apaschinaswineflu.html?syndication=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:46:02 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010308605_apusmedswinefluvaccinemess.html?syndication=rss When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right. Health http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010308605_apusmedswinefluvaccinemess.html?syndication=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:46:03 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010308166_apusstuckinchair.html?syndication=rss When an ambulance brought Tillmon Webb home from the hospital after he hurt his knee in March, paramedics warned the then 550-pound man he probably wouldn't be able to get up from his recliner if they put him there, his wife said. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010308166_apusstuckinchair.html?syndication=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:31:03 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010307000_apusappollmedicalmalpractice.html?syndication=rss It's an issue that Democrats would rather not deal with as they shape a health care overhaul. Yet a new Associated Press poll says most Americans support curbs on medical malpractice lawsuits. Health http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010307000_apusappollmedicalmalpractice.html?syndication=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:25:58 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010308236_apusinhalerdrugfdapanel.html?syndication=rss Federal health experts on Thursday brushed off lingering safety questions about a popular inhaler drug and suggested it carry bolder benefit claims. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010308236_apusinhalerdrugfdapanel.html?syndication=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:01:03 PST