Seattle Culture
Weight Loss Tracking Tools
!–paging_filter–pNumerous research studies show that journaling and tracking daily activity doubles your chances of success in weight loss, so when it comes to creating a healthier lifestyle, technology can be your BFF. There are many popular apps that help you track nutrition and exercise and offer rewards as well as peer support and motivation. Many…
Create a Cozy Outdoor Space with a Backyard Fire Pit
Toasty warm gathering spots can be as simple—and affordable—as a run to Target.
As an author who writes books about science and nature, West Seattleite Lyanda Haupt relies on sharp binoculars, a clean hand lens and a pair of sturdy walking shoes. A less likely tool? Her backyard fire pit. “I love it!” she says. “It brings me outside when I wouldn’t otherwise be there.” In the evening,…
Yoga for Insomnia
!–paging_filter–pIs yoga one of the secrets to the Seahawks’ success? Coach Pete Carroll may be on to something, this year putting players on a mandatory yoga training regimen, with optional meditation practice, as part of Carroll’s philosophy of caring for players’ minds along with their bodies. If it’s good enough for Marshawn, it’s good enough…
Spine Health Can Have a Major Impact on Quality of Life
Improve spine health with comprehensive care at Northwest Spine Center
Sponsored by Northwest Spine Center Does back and/or neck pain prevent you from living your life to the fullest? The mission at Northwst Spince Center is to deliver comprehensive spine care that will improve the quality of life of their patients. Northwest Spine Center is now providing individualized spine care in Bellevue. Northwest Spine Center…
Out of Hiding
Mental health awareness paves the way for better diagnosis and treatment
!–paging_filter–pIf you were to guess at the leading cause of injury deaths in the United States, chances are you might think of accidents—car crashes, for example, or falls. But while those accidental events are on the list (numbers two and four, respectively), it’s self-harm that has risen to the top in recent years—suicide./ppDuring a nine-year…
Doctor As Patient: Range of Motion
Nancy Kadel, M.D., traded her ballet shoes for scrubs and opened a free dance medicine clinic
!–paging_filter–pBelieve it or not, says Group Health orthopedic surgeon Nancy Kadel, M.D., surgery and dance have more similarities than differences: “You can’t learn surgery by reading a book, and you can’t learn dance by someone telling you what the steps are. You kind of learn kinesthetically in your body—then when you hear the music, you…
Group Health Launching New Clinics At Bartell Drugs
!–paging_filter–pNeighborhood clinics from Virginia Mason to Swedish have become a common sight around Seattle, providing easy access for many residents for basic health care needs—now Group Health is getting in on the act but with a twist: Partnering with Bartell Drugs, the medical group is launching CareClinic: Group Health at Bartell Drugs, putting its clinics…
Insurance Market Success
Washington's easy-to-navigate insurance website stands apart from federal rollout chaos
!–paging_filter–pHealth insurance exchange confusion? Not so in Washington. The state website, a href=”https://www.wahealthplanfinder.org“wahealthplanfinder.org/a, gets a a href=”http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57610318/unlike-healthcare.gov-was…“boost in the national news/a, recognized as a successful counterpoint to the federal website, which has been mired in technical difficulties since its Oct. 1 start. Thus far 49,000 people have enrolled in the Washington exchange and 92,000 more…
Suicidal Behavior Study
!–paging_filter–pSeattle Children’snbsp; and the University of Washington are collaborating on a clinical study open to teens ages 13 to 18 seeking treatment for self-injurious behaviors. Collaborative Adolescent Research on Emotion and Suicide (CARES) provides and evaluates the efficacy of psychological treatment and assessments. 206.221.2273; a href=”http://www.seattlechildrens.org/clinics-programs/cancer/research-and-adv…“seattlechildrens.org/a./p
Therapeutic Arts
It may seem counterintuitive: Ask movement-challenged people to not only move, but dance; or those with memory issues to observe the details of paintings. But that is exactly what a collaboration between some Seattle arts groups and health care organizations is off ering to patients, and their caregivers, with Parkinson’s and dementia. Dance for Parkinson’s…
Understanding the Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act likely affects you and just about everyone you know
Kathryn is in her early 50s and lives on the shore of Lake Washington with her husband, Bill, in an elegant contemporary home filled with sunlight and exquisite art. Bill, a successful entrepreneur, retired in his mid-50s. Bill and Kathryn* are too young for Medicare, but felt well protected since they had purchased one of…
The Roots of Good Health
These local dentists talk about links between oral health and physical wellness
When Drs. John Hoag and Michelle Dotsch attended last year’s American Diabetes Association Expo in Seattle, they felt somewhat like fish out of water. The husband-and-wife team’s booth was situated among experts and vendors touting diabetes management, products and research, but the other attendees didn’t quite know what to make of them—because they’re dentists. “We…
Ballard: Best Seattle Neighborhoods 2013
Comfortably cool.
The more “come as you are” of Seattle’s two major super ’hoods (see also: Capitol Hill), this northwest Seattle area is a cool—but not too cool—burg where middle-aged parents can wear their Patagonia fleece and have their Ethan Stowell eateries, while singleton 20-somethings, with their chunky hipster glasses, cocktail-hop down Ballard Ave. With choice boutique…