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Taking Control of Cancer
What new screening, targeted treatment and genetic testing means for you
Anna Kuwada was 24 years old and newly engaged when she tested positive for the BRCA1 gene mutation. “My mom was [first] diagnosed with breast cancer at 31,” recalls Kuwada. “She survived, and then, at 54, she was diagnosed in the other breast. This was in 2009. The savvy lady that [my mom] is, she…
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…
Top Docs ’11: Interventional Cardiology
Catheter-based treatment of heart disorders
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY Peter A. Demopulos, M.D., Seattle Cardiology, 550 17th Ave., Suite 580, 206.215.4545, Swedish Medical Center, Northwest Hospital & Medical Center, Overlake Hospital; Stanford University, 1981; preventive cardiology, cardiac catheterization, congenital heart disease Timothy Dewhurst, M.D., The Polyclinic, 550 17th Ave., Suite 400, 206.860.2302, Swedish Medical Center; University of Alberta, Canada, 1986; angioplasty, arrhythmias,…
Top Docs ’11: Diagnostic Radiology
Imaging procedures to diagnose and treat disease
DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY Arthur Castagno, M.D., Swedish/Edmonds Hospital, 21601 76th Ave. W, Edmonds, 425.640.4250, Swedish Medical Center Providence Campus, Providence Everett Medical Center; University of Pennsylvania, 1980; musculoskeletal imaging, body imaging, ultrasound Maria Chong, M.D., Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, 12040 NE 128th St., Kirkland, 425.899.1800; University of Washington, 1992; abdominal imaging John Clemett, M.D., 1135 116th…