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SPECIAL REPORT - RETIREMENT LIFESTYLES
Seniors becoming computer savvy
By Linda Thomson |
| Senior citizens and computers can be a very compatible mix. For some, it may be a continuation of a skill learned at work, whereas for others, it can be a brand new experience... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - RETIREMENT LIFESTYLES
Free Online service helps seniors
access benefit programs |
| Kitsap County Senior Information and Assistance is partnering with the National Council on the Aging in launching a free, easy-to-use online service that helps older Americans identify both federal and state assistance programs that can improve the quality of their lives... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - RETIREMENT LIFESTYLES
Ready to ‘downsize’ your living quarters?
Choices abound
By Rodika Tollefson |
| Retirement seems like the time when you are finally ready to enjoy all the pleasures of life that were deferred until the other commitments went away… kids… jobs… home remodeling... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - RETIREMENT LIFESTYLES
Alternative medicine is not just a last resort
By Rodika Tollefson |
| Many people think of alternative treatments when all else fails, a last resort after countless traditional methods have been unsuccessfully tried. But alternative health care is surprisingly more mainstream than the name implies — and even health insurance companies pay for some options... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - HEALTHCARE IN KITSAP
Is today’s health care system
as mainstream as you think?
A look at health care options
By Dr. Monique West |
| It is often thought that mainstream biomedicine is the world’s standard health care system, assuming it is used by most people most of the time. But careful estimates reveal that worldwide only 10 to 30 percent of health care is delivered by the conventional, biomedically oriented health care system... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - HEALTHCARE IN KITSAP
Olympic Surgical adds new services
By Rodika Tollefson |
| Olympic Surgical Associates of Port Orchard has recently introduced additional services, thanks to a new laser, CoolGlide. Leg or facial veins and rosatia treatments, skin rejuvenation, and hair removal are some of the procedures CoolGlide can do, eliminating the need for having multiple lasers... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - HEALTHCARE IN KITSAP
No more shots? Emerging vaccine
technology for a common winter-time threat |
| With flu vaccine in short supply, there is a brand new immunization technology available just in time. FluMist is FDA-approved for use by healthy people ages 5-49 and is the only influenza vaccine delivered as a nasal mist – a plus for those who choose not to get vaccinated against the flu because of a fear of needles and shots... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - HEALTHCARE IN KITSAP
Exercise inertia the most difficult step
By Temple A. Stark |
It may be too late for a good start on a diet. But it’s not soon enough for a good exercise plan.
People have big ideas about how to get small, but they often follow the path parallel to that one paved with good intentions. As might be expected, the American Heart Association takes a rather sober look at exercise... (Full Article)
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SPECIAL REPORT - HEALTHCARE IN KITSAP
Getting sound info on hearing loss
By Linda Thomson |
| Approximately 30 million people in the United States have some degree of hearing loss. Four out of five Americans over age 55 have a hearing deficiency. Chances are, if your hearing is fine, you know someone who needs hearing assistance... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - HEALTHCARE IN KITSAP
Cancer Society debuts low-cost
workplace wellness alternative |
| The workforce as we knew it just five years ago is not the same workforce that exists today. With team-based projects, electronic collaborations, global business and telecommuting, employees are more inter-connected and more demanding of tools to meet their work-life needs than ever before... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - HEALTHCARE IN KITSAP
POINT / COUNTER-POINT
Tort reform needed now
By Brian Wicks, MD |
| Washingtonians are used to getting some of the best medical care in the country. We have some of the finest, world-renowned physicians, specialists and medical institutions right here in our own back yard. Unfortunately, access to this superb medical care is declining because our state legislature and Governor Locke have failed to act on a crisis that threatens the viability of our entire health care system... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - HEALTHCARE IN KITSAP
POINT / COUNTER-POINT
Doctors deserve real relief
from rising insurance premiums
By Bill Broughton |
| All of us want relief for doctors in our state from ever-increasing malpractice premiums. A coalition of big business interests – including the insurance, drug and tobacco industries – claims to have the answer. They’ve proposed a collection of far-reaching changes to our state laws and Constitution that would create special legal protections for healthcare professionals and hospitals that cause preventable, life-threatening injuries, as well as for companies that sell defective products, for government agencies that are negligent, and for companies like Olympic Pipeline that ignore safety guidelines... (Full Article) |
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SPECIAL REPORT - HEALTHCARE IN KITSAP
VisionGate’s new technology focuses
on early detection of lung cancer
By Rodika Tollefson |
| Although lung cancer is the second most-common cancer for men and women, it is the leading cause of death for both genders. As no cost-effective lung cancer screening methods are currently used, less than 10 percent of those diagnosed survive... (Full Article) |
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