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The Lytle Center for Pregnancy Newborns
!–paging_filter–p“No matter how many times you’ve been through it,” says Dr. Jane Uhlir, Executive Director, Women Infants, and Clinical Process Improvement for Swedish Medical Center, “having a baby is one of life’s biggest challenges.”br /Making that adventure less stressful is the goal for the new Lytle Center for Pregnancy Newborns.br /The 5,000 square foot center…
New IVF Technology
!–paging_filter–pAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, women younger than 35 years old only have a 41.5 percent chance of getting pregnant with traditional in vitro fertilization (IVF). Now research published by British fertility experts in Reproductive BioMedicine Online indicates a new device called the EmbryoScope could raise live birthrates by more than…
Baby Talk
Welcoming your little one into the world safely, from home births to hospital births
!–paging_filter–pKent resident Tina Marie Lechner, 36, is one very determined woman. Four years ago, she and her husband, Andrew Lechner, decided it was time to start a family. Tina knew exactly how she wanted things to go. The plan: at least two children. Natural births with midwives. Close friends and family in attendance. A serene,…
Comforting Measures
!–paging_filter–p“Pain is the great equalizer. It humbles us all,” says Dr. Brendan O’Donnell. A pain management specialist at Harborview Medical Center and current president of the Washington Academy of Pain Management (WAPM), he assists patients with chronic pain, administers anesthesia in the trauma center at Harborview and facilitates with acute postoperative/posttraumatic pain management. In those…
Muscle Memory
!–paging_filter–pStroke patients and others with conditions that have impeded their walking ability are finding new hope in a device created by Fremont-based a href=”cadencebiomedical.com”Cadence Biomedic/aa href=”cadencebiomedical.com”al (877.484.7513)/a. The culmination of research that began in 2007 in cofounder Brian Glaister’s basement and commercially launched at the end of last year, the Kickstart Walking System is sophisticated…
Therapeutic Arts
It may seem counterintuitive: Ask movement-challenged people to not only move, but dance; or those with memory issues to observe the details of paintings. But that is exactly what a collaboration between some Seattle arts groups and health care organizations is off ering to patients, and their caregivers, with Parkinson’s and dementia. Dance for Parkinson’s…
Workplace Health
Imagine leaving your office at 1:50 p.m. to make a 2 p.m. doctor’s appointment. Seattle-based Vera Whole Health (206.395.7870; verawholehealth.com) is helping make such impossible-sounding scheduling a reality—by bringing medical clinics to people at their workplace. The health care company partners with local businesses to build on-site clinics that Vera staffs and runs with a…
Spa and Screening
Mammogram parties bring support and fun to an important chore
“Relaxing” and “mammogram” are not usually two words used together—except at Overlake Breast Health Center. Here, patients can arrange mammography parties that add day spa and social elements to this annual screening chore (425.688.5985; overlakehospital.org; available at all locations). Patients arrive to warmed robes, wine and cheese or tea and cookies, and an attentive hostess,…
Ask the Expert: Heart Healthy Eats
Dr. Mark Vossler on taking up the simple, tasty and healthy Mediterranean Diet
The Mediterranean diet, so called because of its emphasis on fish, fruits and vegetables, nuts and olive oil, has been the subject of the first major clinical trial studying its link with heart health; results published in the New England Journal of Medicine in April indicate that this style of eating could prevent about 30…
Steve Madden Kicks it at Nordstrom Bellevue
!–paging_filter–pHobnob with footwear giant a href=”http://shop.nordstrom.com/c/steve-madden?origin=productBrandLink” target=”_blank”Steven Madden/a on Saturday, October 12 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/bellevue-collection“Bell Square Nordstrom/a, along with TV personality and brand ambassador Julissa Bermudez (106 Park, Empire Girls). Madden span will be taking photos with shoppers and signing complimentary tee shirts and tote bags. There will be…
SwopBoard: Sell your Stuff, Support your School
!–paging_filter–pa href=”http://local.seattlemag.com/swink-style-bar“Swink Style Bar/a co-founder and mom, Natalie Angelillo, has a new project. a href=”http://www.swopboard.com/#!/Home” target=”_blank”SwopBoard/a, a recently launched online marketplace is the place to go if you have gently used stuff with a lot of life left in it, that you want to sell. Geared towards parents, the good news about SwopBoard is that…
Save the Date: Michael Cepress Trunk Show at Susan Wheeler Home
!–paging_filter–pMichael Cepress is on roll. A successful a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/help-kickstart-michael-cep…“Kickstarter campaign /amade his men’s and women’s ready to wear collections a reality, he orchestrated a successful a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/michael-cepress-having-show“runway show/a and the recent launch of his a href=”http://michaelcepress.bigcartel.com/” target=”_blank”online store/a has taken his clothing to the masses./ppNext Thursday, October 17 from 6 to 9 p.m., the designer…
Madrona’s Hammer + Awl Opens Saturday, October 12
!–paging_filter–pNoon on Saturday, October 12 is the official grand opening of Madrona’s newest addition: men’s accessory boutique, a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/coming-soon-hammer-awl“Hammer + Awl/a, which features American made, artisan goods./pp style=”text-align: center;”img src=”/sites/default/files/newfiles/hm_art.jpg” alt=”hm” width=”500″ height=”385″/pp style=”text-align: center;”Dos Banditos/ppThe event is scheduled to coincide with Madrona’s art walk, with H+A showcasing the super-cool work of Portland artist a…
Pop-In @ Nordstrom + Video
!–paging_filter–pa href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/nordstrom“Nordstrom/a is launching a new concept this week, a pop-in, rather than a pop-up, I suppose—an series of themed shops at only eight stores, including the downtown flagship./ppThe first pop-in, which opened October 10, is French Fling, a curated selection of French-inspired goods, from clothing to accessories for both men and women, including items…
The Must List: Malcolm Gladwell Stops in Seattle, the Bezos Center Opens
What to do this weekend
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Go Glam/strongbrBellevuea href=” http://bit.ly/GNIXvT” target=”_blank”brGet Ready for Serious Style at DIFFA Glam: Tablescapes/abr(10/10, 6 to 9 p.m.) — Expect nothing but tip-top tabletop design at GLAM: Tablescapes, a style-filled soiree hosted by the Seattle chapter of Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA)./ppstrongMust See/strongbrCentral Districta href=”http://bit.ly/1g3ppTR” target=”_blank”brSeattle’s Edgiest Theatre Company Stages The Walworth Farce/abr(Runs through…
Bakery Nouveau Makes a Sublime Splash on Capitol Hill
Expect the same West Seattle-style long lines at BN's new Capitol Hill locale
The line has been out the door at pastry chef William Leaman’s West Seattle Bakery Nouveau ever since it opened in 2006, and when the Capitol Hill locale debuted in the spring in a long-deserted space, it didn’t take long for lines to snake out the door there, too. But those queues aren’t for the…
The Best Designed Bars in Seattle
!–paging_filter–pRecently, one of our city’s own bars–thea href=”http://www.starwoodhotels.com/whotels/property/features/attraction_detai…” target=”_blank” Living Room bar in the W Hotel/a–was named the “Best Designed Bar in America.” Designed by Skylab Architecture, which said it intended the space to have a “sonic lodge” feel, the W’s Living Room space is pretty, well, space age-y, in a 1970s vision-of-the-future meets the…
Nordstrom and GQ’s Fall Fashion Show Recap
!–paging_filter–pThe a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/nordstrom“Nordstrom/a Men’s Shop and ema href=”http://www.gq.com/” target=”_blank”GQ/a/em Fall 2013 Runway Show, benefiting the a href=”http://www.detlef.com/” target=”_blank”Detlef Schrempf Foundation/a at the recent a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/fashion-week-bellevue-coll…“Fashion Week at The Bellevue Collection/a, was all about accessible fashion, and of course, the models. Several local male celebrities, including Steve Hauschka of the Seattle Seahawks, Michael Gspurning and Andy…
Dahlia Lounge Serves Up A Taste of Iceland
!–paging_filter–pspan The chef’s not fooling around when it comes to serving up a a href=”http://www.icelandnaturally.com/events/taste-of-iceland-in-seattle-2013/““Taste of Iceland,”/a part of a four-day food and music festival that includes a href=”http://neumos.com/event/reykjavik-calling-10-12/“a free concert at Neumo’s/a on Saturday. For the tastiest part of this “Taste of Iceland,” Thrainn Freyr Vigfusson brought a bunch of intriguing ingredients from that…
As Farm-to-Table As It Gets: Sea Breeze Thursday Suppers
!–paging_filter–pspan class=”st”I once overheard George Page, owner of Sea Breeze Farm, answer a question from a customer at the West Seattle farmers market, and I’ll never forget what he said.nbsp; /span/ppspan class=”st”The customer walked up, briefly glanced into the coolers, and then asked Page, “so are you certified organic?” To which Page replied, “we’re so…
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