GRAYS HARBOR: Hospital joins forces with MultiCare
Source: The Olympian
Tacoma :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 08:18:26 -0700 | health-news
Suit against MultiCare says its liens were fraudulent Suit against MultiCare says its liens were fraudulent A local law firm has accused one of the region's largest health care providers and a California collections agency of conspiring to defraud Pierce...
Don't train on animals, JBLM asked
Source: The News Tribune
Tacoma :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 20:01:40 -0700 | health-news
PDT A Tacoma doctor and a medical ethics advocacy group are petitioning the Defense Department to halt exercises at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in which airmen use live animals for training. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine wants the Defense Department...
State selects Alaskan as next CEO of Western State Hospital
Source: The News Tribune
Tacoma :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 21:20:43 -0700 | health-news
PDT The state has chosen a new leader for its largest mental institution. Ron Adler will be the new chief executive officer of Western State Hospital in Lakewood, according to the Department of Social and Health Services. Hell earn $163,248...
Suit against MultiCare says its liens were fraudulent
Source: The News Tribune
Tacoma :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-05 02:32:53 -0700 | health-news
PDT A local law firm has accused one of the region's largest health care providers and a California collections agency of conspiring to defraud Pierce County accident victims by using liens to increase money recouped for providing medical treatment. The...
Tacoma judge Christine Quinn-Brintnall undergoing treatment for skin cancer
Source: The News Tribune
Tacoma :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-04-15 11:19:13 -0700 | health-news
PDT The state courts system announced today that Christine Quinn-Brintnall, who ran unopposed last fall for her third term on the Court of Appeals, is battling melanoma. The 61-year-old first joined the court in 2000 and sits on the courts...
Frozen food E. coli outbreak sickens Pierce County woman
Source: The News Tribune
Tacoma :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-04-05 20:15:50 -0700 | health-news
PDT Several frozen food products have been recalled after an E. coli outbreak has sickened 27 people in 15 states, including a Pierce County woman in her 20s. The Washington State Department of Health says potentially contaminated products from brands...
Elderly polar bear euthanized at Tacoma zoo
Source: Associated Press
Tacoma :: WA :: USA | updated 2012-06-20 20:46:17 -0700 | technology-news
Officials at a Tacoma, Wash., zoo say an elderly polar bear has been euthanized after suffering sudden major paralysis of his right side. Point Defiance Zoo veterinarian Dr. Holly Reed says 27-year-old Kenneth first began showing mobility problems on Monday...Reed...
Judge considers if pharmacies must sell Plan B
Source: The News Tribune
Tacoma :: WA :: USA | updated 2012-04-02 00:13:07 -0700 | technology-news
A federal judge is considering whether Washington state can require pharmacies to stock and sell Plan B or other emergency contraceptives...Ralph's Thriftway in Olympia and two licensed Washington pharmacists brought the lawsuit, saying that dispensing the drug would infringe on...
Autopsy: gunman at Mount Rainier drowned
Source: Associated Press
Tacoma :: WA :: USA | updated 2012-03-04 10:40:22 -0800 | sports-news
An autopsy on the gunman who fatally shot a park ranger on Mount Rainier on New Year's Day shows Benjamin Barnes died of drowning. An autopsy completed Tuesday by Pierce County's chief medical examiner, Dr. Thomas Clark, also found hypothermia...
Cozy Vale Creamery raw milk products recalled
Source: The News Tribune
Olympia :: WA :: USA | updated 2012-01-25 01:46:33 -0800 | travel-news
50 pm A Tenino dairys raw milk products are being recalled because they may be contaminated with bacteria that can cause severe intestinal distress. Read more: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/business/
Bill would encourage older teachers to retire
Source: The News Tribune
Olympia :: WA :: USA | updated 2011-04-23 04:11:07 -0700 | political-news
Under a bill introduced in the state Senate today, retiring teachers could get extra help with healthcare costs after they leave the classroom. Senate Bill 5846, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown, would offer retiring teachers $250 per month...
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