LocalHealthGuide - Part 191

Elite Hospitals Plunge Into Unproven Stem Cell Treatments

KING5 TV and Swedish Hospital criticized for promoting treatment that critics say is an “expensive placebo.”

More than a third of those visits involved a diagnosis of mental illness.

Precedents exist for making people have certain vaccines. Perhaps it’s time to extend this.

Washington Poison Center’s role in preventing and reducing harm from cannabis use.

Where’s the best place to recover after a hip or knee replacement — at home or in a rehabilitation facility?

Providers who dispense such equipment almost always add hefty markups.

These four foods are a good place to start for losing weight.

King Count has had total of nine cases in less than a year. Typically, we see no more than five.

The average caregiver spends $6,954 a year on out-of-pocket costs caring for a family member.

Some hospitals opening emergency units that address the unique needs of psychiatric patients.

“I wish I would have known. I would have said ‘no’ to life support,” said Debbie Moehnke, a former cocktail waitress. “We’ll lose everything.”

The number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths from flue have increased sharply over the past several weeks

Area hospitals are reporting a big uptick in the number of flu cases so far in March.

Technique will make it possible for boys made infertile by cancer treatments will be able to father offspring later in life.

New research suggests that doing lots of light-intensity physical activities reduces your risk of cardiovascular disease.