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- July - August 2009
- In Health: July - August, 2009
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- Living Section
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Time to Phone a Friend
Accountability can help get you fit
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- Living Section
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Roots In History
If your family had depended for generations on camas root, you’d be able to tell one type of nutritious “Indian celery” from another, too
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- Living Section
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Staying On Your Feet
Keeping seniors active and independent for life is a big focus for the Spokane Regional Health District
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- Living Section
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HEALTHY HOMES: How Green is My Yard?
Conventional lawn care exacts a heavy toll on the environment and your budget, but there are healthy alternatives
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- Living Section
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Nervous About Nursing
Frustration and guilt can accompany problems with breastfeeding
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- Living Section
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Ask Dr. Matt: Is It Safe for My Kids to Use Insect Repellent?
A: Be grateful that in the Inland Northwest, bugs primarily just bug people. Yes, West Nile Virus hits the radar every summer, but fortunately, serious complications are rare.
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- Living Section
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HEALTHY HOMES: Be a Healthy Homebody
Look to the east for alternative medicine for ailing homes
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- Living Section
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Up on the Roof
Gardening adds flavor, even in the middle of the city
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- Living Section
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The Art of Medicine
Washington’s Family Physician of the Year still makes house calls
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- Living Section
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HEALTHY HOMES: The Air of Home
Everything from new paint to granite countertops can impact the health of you home
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- News In Health
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The Cameroonian Difference
On the other side of the world, Dr. Norman James has found life to be completely different — in a way that keeps him coming back
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- News In Health
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Field of Medical Dreams
After Brooks Ohlson was accepted to the University of Washington’s medical school, he was told he would be spending his first year in Spokane. He and his wife weren’t quite prepared for this news.
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- News In Health
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Mission to Heal
The American health care system isn’t perfect. But compared to Rwanda, to Cameroon, to Armenia and Indonesia, the difference is night and day, life and death.
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- News In Health
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Learning To Listen
One preschool offers HOPE for kids who have high-tech hearing aids
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- News In Health
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House Calling
Registered Nurse Julie Hoerner went to Mexico and came back with an epiphany
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- News In Health
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Baby Steps
Most Rwandan doctors fled during the genocide, but Dr. Pam Silverstein is training a whole new generation
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- News In Health
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Human Impact
For family practice doctor Alisa Hideg, her whole life has been leading up to making a difference — and making it stick
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- News In Health
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Pacemaker Pals
When they’re apart, Spokane electrophysiologist Tim Lessmeier and Armenian cardiologist Smbat Jamalyn exchange e-mails... and EKGs
- Check In
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From the Editor
As I edit each new issue of InHealthNW, I’m often surprised to find an overarching theme. This time I was struck by the notion of the benefits of a “fresh set of eyes” to consider problems.
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Protect Yourself From Smog and Soot
Clean air efforts are crucial to our health and quality of life