425 Magazine • 5th June 2020 What To Expect From a Telemedicine Appointment One medical practice that the COVID-19 crisis has accelerated is a mainstream use of telemedicine, in which appointments are held remotely over HIPAA-compliant video-conferencing tools.
South Sound Magazine • 26th May 2020 Local Clinic Tackles Treatment Resistant Depression If someone already has underlying or preexisting mental health conditions, symptoms likely are exacerbated by current circumstances.
425 Magazine • 22nd May 2020 ‘Strong Like Her — A Celebration of Rule Breakers, History Makers, and Unstoppable Athletes’ Seattle freelance writer Haley Shapely has a new book, Strong Like Her, that examines the ferocity of the female athlete throughout history.
425 Magazine • 14th May 2020 How to Exercise Outdoors Responsibly in a Pandemic As we continue to navigate new norms surrounding COVID-19, we’re trying to understand how we can conduct regular activities while remaining socially distant. Exercise is one.
425 Magazine • 14th May 2020 Is it Allergies or is it COVID? Spring allergy season is now in full bloom. Given the current events, these symptoms are leaving many to wonder if they have allergies or COVID-19.
South Sound Magazine • 29th April 2020 Recovered COVID Patients’ Plasma Donations Could Lead to Treatment Two months ago, Washington was the first epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States. Now, local health care professionals are taking part in a national effort to search for new treatments.
425 Magazine • 28th April 2020 Virginia Mason Nurses Develop COVID Visitation Procedure Less than two weeks ago, nurses at the Downtown Seattle Virginia Mason developed a process that safely allows family members to visit loved ones dying from COVID-19.
425 Magazine • 13th April 2020 Tips for Protecting Eyes While Working From Home From all your social interactions being over Zoom, to working from home, to spending hours bingeing TV shows, we’re all getting more than our fair share of screens during quarantine.
425 Magazine • 10th April 2020 Addressing Mental Health During Social Distancing With all the additional stresses associated with the COVID-19 pandemic — financial, relational, and more — building habits and strategies to help mental health is important.
425 Magazine • 10th April 2020 Where to Go for Emergency Dental Care The majority of dentists in Washington — 75 percent — have closed as a result of the state’s stay home order. Of course, toothaches and other dental problems persist.
425 Magazine • 2nd April 2020 Five Steps to a 5K With events canceled or postponed and concern about germs spreading (we see you, gym equipment), going on a jog outside sounds increasingly good.
425 Magazine • 27th March 2020 Snoqualmie Tribe Steps Up to Assist During COVID-19 The Snoqualmie Tribal Campus and Casino is closed to non-essential employees, but many others are busy doing what they can for their community.
425 Magazine • 23rd March 2020 Tips on Supporting Your Immune System In a time when supporting your immune system is important — as it always is during common periods of illness, like our typical flu and cold season — it’s nice to be reminded of the most effective ways of doing so.
South Sound Magazine • 3rd February 2020 Fitness for Life Nikki Staab was not athletic growing up. Now 41, she’s the owner of Tacoma-based Fitness for Life.
425 Magazine • 20th January 2020 Ending the Stigma One in five adults experiences mental illness each year — but we don’t often hear people speak openly about their own struggles. Here are four who did.
425 Business • 14th October 2019 Combating Costs The cost of health care is on the rise. Local hospitals search for solutions.
South Sound Magazine • 13th September 2019 Comprehensive Perinatal Services Come to Tacoma Accessing comprehensive and caring perinatal services can be difficult. In the time leading up to and following the birth of a baby, mothers face a wide host of potential obstacles that are easier navigated with active support from others.
425 Magazine • 20th August 2019 New and Improved Arm Day For some of us, navigating arm day at the gym can be tricky. Upper body work outs can be neglected or reduced which, yes, we know, just exacerbates the problem.
425 Magazine • 25th July 2019 Summer Skincare Tips After a gloomy start to the season, the sun is finally paying us Washingtonians a visit. Now, we’re getting outside in every spare moment possible to soak up that long-awaited Vitamin D.
South Sound Magazine • 26th June 2019 Refresh and Refocus with Yoga Wild It’s easy to say that intentional rituals of self-care are important, but it’s more difficult to find a ritual that is actually effective.
