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Must PlayGame SymphonyTuesday & Wednesday (6/21–6/22) – Seattle Symphony is packing two great nerd tastes into one great nerdy evening, with its Play! A Video Game Symphony, in which music from The Legend of Zelda, World of Warcraft, Halo, Super Mario Bros. and other games is set to strings and choral voices. Not nerdy enough…
Cancer Specialties: Medical Oncology
Physicians with subspecialties in treating cancer can also be found under listings for Colon & Recta
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY David M. Aboulafia, M.D., Virginia Mason Seattle Main Clinic, Buck Pavilion, 1100 Ninth Ave., 206.223.6193, Virginia Mason Medical Center; University of Michigan Medical School, 1983; AIDS/HIV, general hematology, AIDS-related cancers, leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma Frederick R. Appelbaum, M.D., Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, 825 Eastlake Ave. E, 206.288.7222, University of Washington Medical Center, Fred…
Red Tricycle Recommends: Kite Flying at Carkeek Park
Where to catch some wind in Seattle.
There’s something about flying a kite that catches the attention of children and makes them beam – maybe it’s the idea of flying or just the focused feeling of holding on tight to that kite string and grounding it to the Earth with their little hands. Whatever your child loves about flying a kite, we…
Bicycle Diaries: How I lost 8 pounds and saved $500
After a full day of yard work last Saturday, I thought the best thing to do for stretching out my aching back would be to go on a bike ride–and stock up on groceries in the process. Also, in the process of rolling my wheelbarrow up and down my hill I lost an important…
Better Late Than Never: Local Summer Camps Still Waiting to be Filled
With your schedule jam-packed and your calendar exploding, we don’t blame you for missing the deadline to sign your kid up for summer camp. Fortunately for you, we’ve compiled a list of summer programs around Seattle to keep your little munchkins busy, despite your procrastination. EXPLORATIONS IN MATHMaybe math isn’t your child’s favorite subject, but…
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…
Kelly Singer Shows You the Ropes On The Latest Fitness Trend
Kelly explains the benefits of a Rope Training Class (one of the hardest workouts she’s done!) and w
If you see a group of people using long, thick ropes at a park or at your gym they’re not playing tug-of-war, they are Battling Ropes. Battling Ropes is the latest fitness trend inspired by military fitness regimens (think kettlebells and Cross Fit) to hit Seattle. Used by Israeli Special Forces for desert training, they…
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…
What’s Good About the New Stand-alone Emergency Rooms
Hospitals say these new freestanding ER's meet a critical care need. Critics say it's more about mak
Emergency medical care in Washington is getting a radical makeover: Freestanding, “no wait” emergency centers are cropping up in fast-growing suburbs, providing closer-to-home options to those often dreaded, crowded ER waiting rooms in urban hospitals. These ERs, often in or near trendy shopping centers, tout quick, high-quality treatment for sudden injuries and illnesses. “It’s a…
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…
Explore Seattle’s Urban Architectural Ruins
Eight relics of Seattle’s past are hidden in plain sight.
In this town, we spend a lot of time fretting (and arguing and voting) about what the Seattle of the future will look like. Meanwhile, physical evidence of our city’s forgotten past looms all around us. The Underground Tour is an obvious example, but while historically fascinating, it’s perhaps not where you want to be…