Hernia Center at Northwest Hospital gives hernia patient new life
For years, Larry Neufeld was forbidden from lifting much more than a finger. A suspected hernia had caused his doctor to severely restrict his physical activity.
Read MoreOn any given day, Wallace Chan can be found clocking thousands of steps around the Boeing campus, where he spends anywhere from 10 to 12 hours a day working as a senior engineer living out his dream of designing airplanes. While he doesn’t describe himself as an athlete, Wallace, 54, is constantly on his feet and has always been in good health.
As a pretty active guy, heart issues were the furthest thing from his mind. But he’d been feeling dizzy from time to time and thought he should mention it to his primary care provider at his annual physical. When all of his bloodwork and tests came back normal, his doctor still thought something was up. Why would someone in good health get dizzy so easily?
Retired physicist benefits from proton therapy
After being diagnosed with a very rare form of cancer in his salivary gland, John Albers has been cancer free for nearly two years.
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Protect your skin and eyes from radiation this summer
UV radiation can cause sunburn, wrinkles, sunspots, cataracts, and skin cancer, and probably contributes to macular degeneration.
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September is World Alzheimer’s Month
Every 66 seconds, someone in our country develops Alzheimer’s disease. Test your knowledge of Alzheimer’s, the No. 6 cause of death in the USA.Take the quiz.
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Save the Date
Open House
Check out the new UW Medicine Northwest Primary and Specialty Clinics at our Open House celebration.
Join us Thursday, July 20, 5-7 p.m.Featured Class
Become CPR Certified
Take a Medic II CPR class and learn adult CPR and chocking techniques. This class is for the general public.
