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The Catholic Church is Managing Many Local Hospitals. How Will it Affect Your Health Care?

The Catholic Church is Managing Many Local Hospitals. How Will it Affect Your Health Care?

Is it really just between you and your doctor at Washington’s many Catholic-affiliated hospitals?

!–paging_filter–pTamesha Means was 18 weeks pregnant in 2010 when her water broke. The Michigan woman visited a nearby Catholic hospital twice, and was sent home, each time in severe pain, according to a lawsuit filed by the ACLU in December of last year. Doctors at the hospital, directed by Catholic guidelines that forbid abortion, did…

Seattle Hotels: The Fairmont Olympic

Seattle Hotels: The Fairmont Olympic

Insider tips on where to stay in and around Seattle

!–paging_filter–pemstrongLocation:/strong /emDowntown, 411 University Street, 206.621.1700, a href=”http://www.fairmont.com/seattle” target=”_blank”Fairmont.com/seattle/a/ppstrongemNumber of Rooms/em/strongem: /emWith 450 rooms, this hotel, which opened in 1924, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places./ppstrongemRates/em/strongem:/em Average of $299 for a Fairmont room; $329 for a deluxe room with sitting area,em /emand upem /emdepending on seasonembr/em/ppstrongemPool/em/strongem:/emstrong /strongYes/ppstrongemFitness center/em/strongem:/em Yes/ppstrongemSpa/em/strongem: /emYes, Penelope The…

Restaurant Openings, Closings  More

Restaurant Openings, Closings More

!–paging_filter–p style=”line-height: 21px; color: #252525; font-size: 14px;”Keeping track of restaurant news can be a daunting task. Here’s a round-up from the past week to help you manage./ppspan style=”font-size: large;”OPENINGS/span/ppstrongBallard/strongbrstronga href=”https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brunswick-Hunt/635285956506336” target=”_blank”Brunswick Hunt/a/strong has pushed back its opening to mid-June. Originally stated to open May 22, the farm to neighborhood restaurant from brothers Barry Rogelnbsp;span style=”color:…

Crush of the Moment: Kari Gran’s Radiant Lip Whip

Crush of the Moment: Kari Gran’s Radiant Lip Whip

!–paging_filter–pWhen a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/kari-gran“Kari Gran’s/a lip whip hit our office back in 2012 we were instant fans—it even made our a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/best-2012-beauty-salons-and-spas” target=”_blank”Best of list/a that year. There’s just something about the handmade, hand poured, organic and GMO-free gloss that leaves our lips feeling moisturized and looking pretty that we just can’t resist. It’s become our…

Vintage Shopping for the Mariner’s Turn Back the Clock Night Poster

Vintage Shopping for the Mariner’s Turn Back the Clock Night Poster

!–paging_filter–pIt’s rare that you will see a sports-themed blog post from me, but I wanted to share a recent styling project I and the emSeattle/em mag promo team worked on for the a href=”http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=sea” target=”_blank”Mariners/a, mostly for the vintage shopping aspect, but also to urge you to purchase a href=”http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/ticketing/singlegame.jsp?c_id=seay=2014m…” target=”_blank”tickets/a for this game, on…

Baby  Company Warehouse Sale

Baby Company Warehouse Sale

!–paging_filter–pOne of Seattle’s most glorious sales is happening this weekend. a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/baby-co“Baby Company/a is setting up in the old Ian space at 1919 Second Ave (a href=”http://www.ianshop.com/” target=”_blank”Ian/a moved just a few storefronts down to 1913 Second Ave) from Friday, May 16 through Sunday, May 18 (10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and…

Revolver Opens, Single Cask Releases at Westland  More Bar and Spirit News

Revolver Opens, Single Cask Releases at Westland More Bar and Spirit News

!–paging_filter–pThe sun is (sort-of) shining, the temperature is rising and the local bar and distillery scene is booming. Check out the below so you can match the (hopefully) increasingly lovely weather conditions with increasingly lovely drinks and nights on the town.nbsp;/ppstrongRevolver Opens: /strongLPs and tasty cocktails together in one place? Sounds dreamy to me. And…

SIFF Opens, Origami at BAM and the Seattle Symphony’s [untitled] Series is Back

SIFF Opens, Origami at BAM and the Seattle Symphony’s [untitled] Series is Back

!–paging_filter–pstrongMust SIFFbra href=”http://bit.ly/1gB3gbe” target=”_blank”The Seattle International Film Festival Opens/a/strongbr(5/15 to 6/8, times vary) — Seattle’s most famous film festival celebrates its 40th birthday with a sprightly commitment to fresh filmmaking from all over the globe. Put a local twist in your lineup by checking out films such as emLucky Them/em, emBig in Japan /emand emThe…

Drink it In! 5 Last Minute Ways to Celebrate Seattle Beer Week

Drink it In! 5 Last Minute Ways to Celebrate Seattle Beer Week

!–paging_filter–pIt’s been a busy month of drinking. First, Cinco de Mayo, followed quickly by a href=”http://www.seattlebeerweek.com/” target=”_blank”Seattle Beer Week/a (which is really 11 days). The heady festivities end Sunday, May 18. Here are 5 ways you can still celebrate, whether you just want a cheap pint or a smorgasbordnbsp;of bacon to wash it all down…

Find: Genetics Experts

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

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?

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…

The Top Kitchen Shops in Seattle  Bellevue

The Top Kitchen Shops in Seattle Bellevue

Located in the former Dish It Up space on Ballard Avenue, Culinary Essentials (Ballard, 5320 Ballard Ave. NW; 206.789.1334), originally an expansion of Bellevue’s J Culinary Essentials (now closed), serves up plenty of tableware and cooking gear, including Man Law barbecuing tools. Long a bastion for the cooking crazed, J.F. Henry (West Seattle, 4445 California…

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