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Sleep Deprived in Seattle
Why local experts are prescribing fewer sleeping pills despite a growing insomnia epidemic.
When Courtney Crocker found herself wide awake and cleaning her house at 4 a.m., she knew she needed a different way to manage her insomnia. A recent nursing school graduate, Crocker, 30, of Eastlake, had been assigned the night shift at the University of Washington Medical Center’s intensive care unit. Within a couple of months,…
Websites and Apps For Your Health
We checked in with local doctors* to find out which sites they recommend—and use themselves.
With thousands of health-related websites and smartphone apps to choose from, finding the best can be daunting. We checked in with local doctors* to find out which sites they recommend—and use themselves. 7 Great Websites I want trustworthy general medical informationNlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/The National Institutes of Health’s website offers very good general health information and a good…
Personal Stories: Meet Your Top Doctors of 2011
Fifteen respected doctors in our area talk about their passions, plus our Top Docs Hall of Fame
All Conceivable Options: R. Dale McClure, M.D. (see photo above) Specialties: Urology, male infertility Practice and hospital affiliation: Seattle Reproductive Medicine; Virginia Mason Medical Center Of note: Dr. McClure is director of the Male Infertility and Microsurgical Unit at Virginia Mason Medical Center. He is also a clinical professor of urology at the University of…
Top Doctors 2010: Special Hall of Fame Edition
Saluting the 381 finest physicians in the Puget Sound region.
Over the past decade, Seattle magazine has been the go-to resource for information about the best doctors in the region. For this Top Doctors issue—our 10th since 2000—we created a Top Doctors Hall of Fame to honor the four doctors (pictured L to R: Dr. Joseph S. Gruss; Dr. Linda S. Mihalov; Dr. David R. Byrd;…
Behind the Scenes of Our July Issue: Is There a Doctor in the House?
Why, yes! In fact, there are 400 of 'em!
Know this feeling? You’re minding your own business, getting ready for work, washing that PopTart down with a delicious second cup of coffee, when suddenly Steve Inskeep pops into your kitchen (via KUOW) with this news: Coffee will kill you. And you think, “Didn’t I just hear somewhere that coffee will make me live longer?”…
Medical Outreach
Patients at some of the poorest hospitals in the world are getting relief from their pain—from Seatt
Taking Relief on the RoadA team of local doctors is easing the pain of patients in Third World hospitals Patients at some of the poorest hospitals in the world are getting relief from their pain—from Seattle doctors. Swedish Medical Center anesthesiologists Mark Cullen and Richard Solazzi were among a group that created Seattle Anesthesia Outreach…
Breast Cancer Is Striking more Women Under 40 than Ever Before
Why more young women are being diagnosed, and what you need to know to keep yourself safe.
When I received that fated phone call from my doctor telling me I had breast cancer, all I wanted to do was fall on the floor and cry. But first I had to go pick up my son from kindergarten. Somewhere between the mammogram and the core biopsy, I had become one of a growing…
Who’s Behind the Mask? Turns Out, You Can Choose Your Own Anesthesiologist
A new trend in surgery: More patients are powering up and insisting on pain management by a pre-sele
Last year, at age 50, Grace* was diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time in three years. She was scheduled for a double mastectomy with immediate reconstruction, and would likely be in surgery for about 13 hours. “It was scary,” Grace says. “Especially the anesthesia consult several weeks prior, where they tell you that…
Local Medical Breakthroughs that Save Lives and Speed Recovery
From incredible eye-socket brain surgery...to life-changing treatment for a very common malady...loc
Brain surgery via the eye socketAs both Harborview Medical Center’s chief of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery and a University of Washington professor of head and neck surgery, Dr. Kris Moe blends some rather unique skills. That combination of training got him thinking about a new way to operate on patients with some types of…
Ocean Acidification: Global Warming’s Doppelgänger
Studies show Puget Sound is particularly susceptible to damaging changes in ocean pH.
At the warm, brine-scented Northwest Fisheries Science Laboratory (NFSL) in Montlake, soft-spoken biologist Paul McElhany and a team of scientists immerse geoduck larvae in a multitude of saltwater baths. The water, trucked in from Elliott Bay and another fisheries lab in Mukilteo, starts as the usual toe-numbing Puget Sound soup. Then the scientists—amid the beeping,…
How We Conducted Our Top Doctors Survey
For the first time, Seattle magazine’s Top Doctors list results from a collaboration with Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a highly regarded health care research and information company that works with magazines across the country to produce similar top doctors features. Castle Connolly also is the publisher of several resource books on physicians, including America’s Top…
Top Docs ’11: Maternal & Fetal Medicine
MATERNAL & FETAL MEDICINE Thomas J. Benedetti, M.D., Maternal and Infant Care Clinic, 1959 NE Pacific St., 206.598.4070, University of Washington Medical Center, Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital; University of Washington, 1973; prematurity prevention, fetal macrosomia Brigit Brock, M.D., Swedish Perinatal Medicine, 1229 Madison St., Suite 750, 206.386.2101, Swedish Medical Center, Valley Medical Center; University of…
Top Docs ’11: Hand Surgery
HAND SURGERY Sarah D. Beshlian, M.D., The Sports Medicine Clinic, 10330 Meridian Ave. N, Suite 300, 206.368.6100, Northwest Hospital and Medical Center; Northwestern University, 1986; arthritis, arthroscopic surgery, carpal tunnel syndrome, fractures John Buckmiller, M.D., Virginia Mason Seattle Main Clinic, Lindeman Pavilion, 1201 Terry Ave., 206.223.7530, Virginia Mason Medical Center; University of Rochester, 1980; arthritis,…
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