Paul Allen says follow-up test for non-Hodgkins Lymphoma came back ‘clean’

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Montana family travels to Seattle for son’s chemotherapy treatments, gets truck stolen

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Former Jet Washington soaring for Seahawks 10 months after compound leg fracture

Leon Washington is back, thanks to Uncle George

Seahawks’ Curry among 1st to be treated in new NFL era of dealing with head injuries

Seahawks’ Curry a test case in new concussion era

Seahawks starting LB Aaron Curry remains out with concussion after jarring start to camp

Seahawks LB Curry remains out with concussion

Save your breath: 2 studies show hands-only CPR is enough to save lives

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HEALTHBEAT: Study tracks if fast online access to doctor’s notes improves a patient’s care

Can deciphering your doctor’s notes improve care?

Wash. health officials didn’t close day care earlier over fear E. coli would spread farther

Wash. day care stayed open after E. coli found

AP ENTERPRISE: Athletes turn to ‘blood spinning’ to heal faster, but researchers have doubts

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After shootout with intruders, Wash. medical marijuana activist told he can’t buy guns

No guns for Wash. pot activist after shootout

Seattle zoo’s oldest animal, 47-year-old hippo, euthanized due of age-related decline

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Report: 63 prescriptions dispensed for assisted suicide in first 9 months of Washington law

63 suicide doses given in 1st 9 mos. of Wash. law

Conjoined Arizona girls who share heart preparing for separation surgery, transplants

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No. 19 Aggies expecting to welcome Derrick Roland back to Texas on Christmas

Aggies’ Derrick Roland heading home

SEATTLE — Texas A&M senior guard Derrick Roland is heading home for Christmas — with a rod and three screws in his leg.

No. 19 Texas A&M loses Derrick Roland to gruesome leg injury at No. 22 Washington

No. 19 Aggies lose top defender Roland

SEATTLE — Texas A&M senior Derrick Roland had surgery early Wednesday, hours after the sound of two bones snapping in his right leg echoed throughout a horrified Washington Huskies’ arena and left several teammates in tears.

Quincy Pondexter scores 25 to rally No. 22 Washington past No. 19 Texas A&M 73-64

No. 22 Huskies rally past No. 19 Aggies

SEATTLE — Quincy Pondexter kept sluggish Washington afloat, scoring 16 of his 25 points in the first half, and the 22nd-ranked Huskies beat No. 19 Texas A&M 73-64 on Tuesday night in a game marred — and largely decided — by a gruesome injury to Aggies senior Derrick Roland.

Dendreon’s potential prostate cancer treatment Provenge gets May 1 FDA review date

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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, undergoing chemotherapy

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Police say DNA links suspect to killing of Seattle officer, destruction of cruisers

Police: DNA, bullets link suspect to officer death

Census data shows college graduates choosing urban, high-tech meccas in recession

Census: ‘Brain gains’ for high-tech cities

Chew on this: Gates Foundation thinks gum, chocolate and malaria may have something in common

Gates Foundation grants support unusual research

SEATTLE — What do chewing gum, chocolate and malaria have to do with each other? Not much, unless you’re a young scientist exploring unusual ways to think about world health.

Nicaraguan women may soon get mammograms, health info at the bank thanks to Seattle nonprofits

Nonprofits team up to bring mammograms to the bank

SEATTLE — Women in Nicaragua may soon get mammograms and other health services at the bank, thanks to the work of two Seattle nonprofit groups.

List of 2009 MacArthur Foundation ‘genius grant’ recipients

List of 2009 MacArthur Foundation grant recipients

The following 24 fellows each will receive $500,000 over the next five years from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation:

Gates Foundation gives seed money for alliance to bring banking to the poor

Gates Foundation helps bring banking to the poor

SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, best known for its work combating malaria, AIDS and other diseases, this week announced an effort to bring banking, including savings accounts, to the poor.

Union says it warned Wash. officials about including risky mental patients in public outings

Union says it warned about mental patient outings

SEATTLE — Two days after an insane killer escaped from a field trip organized by his mental hospital, the union that represents mental hospital workers said it had become concerned about the type of patients allowed to participate in such outings.

Despite learning his identity, Seattle amnesia patient still doesn’t know who he is

Identified amnesia patient doesn’t know who he is

SEATTLE — It was seven weeks ago that Edward Lighthart walked out of a Seattle park with no idea of who he was and how he got there, the apparent victim of a bizarre case of amnesia.

ZymoGenetics says Atacicept did not meet goals for advancing directly to late-stage testing

ZymoGenetics says RA drug misses advancement goals

SEATTLE — ZymoGenetics Inc. said Thursday that its drug candidate Atacicept did not meet goals that would have automatically advanced it to late-stage clinical testing as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis.

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