Seattle Mag
Things to Know Before You Ride the Seattle Ferris Wheel
Heed these words before visiting Seattle's new waterfront tourist attraction.
1. If there are only two people in your party, you will probably have to share a pod with strangers. Hopefully you will get paired with a nice, socially competent couple from Mukilteo (like I did). Otherwise, congratulations! You just paid to join a cruel social experiment: Seattle strangers trapped in a glass bubble and…
Shop the Summer Sidewalk Sales this Weekend
Get ready to pound the pavement: Along with the arrival of glorious weather (yay!), several neighborhood shops are throwing open their doors this weekend and placing their wares outside for the perusing. So enjoy some sun whilst you shop: West Seattle Start the weekend early over at Clementine’s, where owner Linda Walsh is teaming up…
Notes from Tom Douglas Culinary Summer Camp
On Friday, the day after this year’s Tom Douglas Culinary Summer Camp ends, an aching hunger will set in, especially around 10 in the morning when campers realize nobody is feeding them an endless buffet of bites of the amazing food they’ve just seen prepared by a parade of uber-talented chefs starting last Sunday at…
Grab your Tickets for the August 1 Red, White & Brew
Though it may not be its official moniker, at Seattle mag we view August as “Washington Wine Month” — what with the 25th annual Auction of Washington Wines, the impending grape harvest and the debut of our Best Washington Wines list in the August issue. What better way to kick off the wine-filled month than…
Opening Today! Skillet Counter at the Armory
The construction covers are off and the doors open this morning to Skillet’s new concept at the Armory at the Center House. The crown jewel of the new kingdom of food offerings in the completely redesigned space, the Counter, as they’re calling it, is predominantly just that: a large, open kitchen enclosed by a long…
High Tech Help for Preventing Sports Brain Injury
A Seattle company could hold a key to solving the nationwide epidemic of sport-related concussions.
The numbers are staggering: An estimated 3.8 million sport- and recreation-related concussions occur every year across the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But a Seattle company could hold a key to solving the nationwide epidemic of sport-related concussions. X2Impact has created head-impact monitoring systems to help team physicians and athletic…
Three Livesaving Developments Pioneered Locally
Including the first new drug approved by the FDA for Hodgkin’s lymphoma in more than 30 years.
Three Eastside tech firms have pioneered lifesaving new devices and treatments in the past year. Redmond’s Mobisante has created a MOBILE ULTRASOUND IMAGING DEVICE—the MobiUS SP1 ultrasound system—that is the first smartphone-based diagnostic device to be cleared by the FDA. The device, released last October, fits into a pocket and can be charged anywhere, making…
Multiple Sclerosis Update: Major New MS Center Opens in Seattle
Multiple sclerosis is more prevalent in the Northwest than almost anywhere else on earth, for reasons that are largely unknown, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society—more than 12,000 people in the Northwest, Montana and Alaska have been diagnosed with the disease. To battle that statistic, Swedish Medical Center has just opened the largest and…
“Smart” Cancer Treatment for Kids
This developing therapy could potentially one day eliminate the need for chemotherapy and radiation.
There’s a powerful new weapon in the battle against pediatric cancer, thanks to a new “smart” therapy that could one day eliminate the need for chemotherapy and radiation. The therapy harnesses the power of the immune system to recognize and fight cancer. Here’s how it works: A child’s immune system is reprogrammed to recognize and…
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,…
Vascular Surgery
Mark H. Meissner, M.D., 1959 NE Pacific St., Seattle, 206.598.9436, 206.598.1435, University of Washington Medical Center; University of Colorado, 1985; thrombotic disorders, vein disorders, vascular disease Daniel F. Neuzil, M.D., Virginia Mason Seattle Main Clinic, Buck Pavilion, 1100 Ninth Ave., Seattle, 206.223.6637, Virginia Mason Medical Center; Johns Hopkins University, 1987; aortic aneurysm, endovascular surgery, mesenteric…
Vascular & Interventional Radiology
William Crenshaw, M.D., Washington Imaging Services, 1135 116th Ave. NE, Suite 260, Bellevue, 425.688.0100, Overlake Hospital Medical Center; University of Virginia Medical School, 1987; diagnostic and full-spectrum vascular and interventional radiology, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), central venous access Mehran Fotoohi, M.D., Virginia Mason Seattle Main Clinic, Buck Pavilion, 1100 Ninth Ave., Seattle, 206.223.6851, Virginia…