Seattle Culture
Find: Genetics Experts
!–paging_filter–pThese specialists can help you decode your genetic health: br /br /a href=”http://depts.washington.edu/medgen/faculty/Fuki_Hisama.shtml“strongFuki M. Hisama, M.D./strong/a, Medical Director of the Genetic Medicine Clinic; 206.598.4030; br /a href=”depts.washington.edu”depts.washington.edu/abr /br /emSeattle magazine’s 2013 Top Doctors/embr /a href=”http://www.pathology.washington.edu/faculty/leppig“strongKathleen Leppig, M.D./strong/a, genetics, Group Health, Capitol Hill; 206.326.3000; a href=”ghc.org”ghc.org/a br /br /a href=”http://www.seattlechildrens.org/medical-staff/Margaret-L-P-Adam/“strongMargaret L.P. Adam, M.D./strong/a and a href=”http://www.seattlechildrens.org/medical-staff/Ian-A-Glass/“strongIan…
Personal Health Records
New tools for Seattle’s tech savvy health consumers to track their health care details
!–paging_filter–pIt wasn’t long ago that a person’s personal health record was a box kept at home, overflowing with immunization records, lab results and past prescriptions, and there was a similar file at all the various doctors and clinics you visited. Nowadays, many of those records—along with doctors’ notes—are being offered online, with hospitals and companies…
Information Overload?
Do in-home genetic testing kits and body scans give us useful information about our health?
!–paging_filter–pMany of us are compelled, at one point or another, to do a little self-diagnosis when something—an itch here or a pang there—comes up. (WebMD is possibly the bane of many a doc’s existence.) Fortunately or unfortunately, there are more than a few ways to feed our need for self-diagnosis in the health realm, among…
Celebrate Seattle’s Beautiful Old Architecture with Historic Seattle
!–paging_filter–pCelebrate the urge to preserve our city’s built heritage at a href=”http://historicseattle.org“Historic Seattle/a’s strongSixth Annual/strong strongPreservation Awards /strongonstrongnbsp;/strongMay 13, 5:30–8 p.m., at the Good Shepherd Center (Wallingford, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N)./ppTickets are $85 for the general public, $75 for Historic Seattle members and $30 for students ($25 of the fee is tax-deductible and benefits the…
Genetic Gifts
The biotech pioneer on improving science education and creating unprecedented health research
!–paging_filter–pYou need introduce just a hint of a topic to Dr. Lee Hood to get him talking—and you had better be ready to keep up once he does. The National Medal of Science recipient (2011), inventor of the DNA sequencer and co-founder of 15 different biotech companies, including Amgen, has been on the leading edge…
Quit Smoking
!–paging_filter–pYes, there’s an app for that too—smokers who prefer gadgets to patches in their quest to quit the habit can reach for their own smartphones and try out any number of apps claiming to help the cause; but one local company is entering the market backed by Fred Hutch research that proves it can work….
Goal Keeping
Pacific Medical Center Sports Medicine Doctor Chris Maeda talks fitness trackers
!–paging_filter–pExtremely popular wearable fitness trackers such as Fitbit, Nike Fuelband and the Jawbone Up count your burned calories, measure your heart rate, follow your footsteps and plot your sleep habits. Such tracking can be beneficial to keeping on top of your weight loss or fitness goals, say researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, who…
Crowdsourcing Cures
!–paging_filter–pWhen an 11-year-old terminal pediatric brain tumor patient named Violet chose to donate her brain to science it inspired brain cancer specialist Jim Olson to rethink how he tackles finding a cure for cancer. He founded a href=”projectviolet.org”Project Violet/a, a program at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center by which, for a donation of $100, anyone…
Treating the Child’s Mind
!–paging_filter–pWhile most people begin experiencing migraines in their teen years, children as young as two or three can have them too. Often their symptoms are different than adult migraines, making diagnosis tricky for parents and doctors. br /Kids who get migraines aren’t guaranteed to get them as adults, says Heidi Blume, a pediatric neurologist at…
Migraine Management
Clinics and Support Groups that Specialize in Headaches
!–paging_filter–pstrongSupport/strongbr /American Headache Society Committee for Headache Education (ACHE)br /achenet.orgbr /National migraine and headache support organization with news and tips on migraine management and a local specialist finder. br /strongbr /Independent Clinics/strongbr /Puget Sound Neurology Integrative Health Centerbr /253.284.4488 / psneurology.combr /Tacoma-based migraine, movement disorder and multiple sclerosis centerbr /br /strongHospital-based Clinics/strongbr /Franciscan Neurology Associates,…
Meet Woodworker John Thoe (And Save on Some of his Works) this Sunday
This Sunday (5/4), from 11 a.m.-2 p.m., you can meet master woodcarver and furniture maker John Thoe, as part of the Northwest Woodworkers’ Gallery (Belltown, 2111 First Ave.; 206.625.0542) “Meet the Makers Series.” There will even be deals to be had on his dining room furniture, such as this table boasting a self-storing leaf.
MIgraine Cure Myths
!–paging_filter–pFor people struggling with migraine pain, the promise of relief can lead them to try anything that sounds like it would work. But Patrick Hogan, clinical director of South Puget Sound Neurology, warns patients should be cautious of unproven therapies. “There’s a lot of profiteering out there for migraine,” he says. br /The treatments, ranging…
Minding Migraines
Unraveling and treating this very common ailment
!–paging_filter–pIn 2003, Jane Bentley, a 53-year old kindergarten teacher from Tacoma, knew something was seriously wrong with her. Her symptoms started with strange visual effects. “It was like my peripheral vision would disappear and I would see these spidery cobwebs that I was sure were right in front of me,” she says. “I would literally…