SR.com Blogs | Health BeatHealth Beat by Heather Lalley is the place to find the latest medical news and those health and fitness stories that might otherwise fall through the cracks.Blood Center: 'Ve vant to suck your blood ...'- (Found September 22, 2008 ) The Inland Northwest Blood Center is getting into the Halloween spirit with a "Vein Drain" blood drive this Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Spokane, Spokane Valley and Coeur d'Alene. ( Full post )http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/healthbeat/archive.asp?postID=6485 Holiday party Think 4 C's- (Found September 22, 2008 ) Christmas is still several weeks away, but that doesn't mean there isn't plenty of celebrating going on already. Office parties, cocktail parties, dinner parties. ( Full post )http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/healthbeat/archive.asp?postID=6656 Time for those elastic pants- (Found September 22, 2008 ) The needle on my scale is already getting jumpy ... Must mean it's just about Thanksgiving time. ( Full post )http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/healthbeat/archive.asp?postID=6616 Wanna be a quitter- (Found September 22, 2008 ) You'd be in good company. ( Full post )http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/healthbeat/archive.asp?postID=6615 Some Vicodin for Fluffy- (Found September 22, 2008 ) The safest way to get rid of unused medication, according to a new recommendation, is to dispose of in cat litter. Used cat litter, preferably. ( Full post )http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/healthbeat/archive.asp?postID=6529 Feeling blue- (Found September 22, 2008 ) A free mental-health screening will be held this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Sacred Heart Mother Gamelin Center in Spokane. ( Full post )http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/healthbeat/archive.asp?postID=6505 Get a flu shot, help prepare for a disaster- (Found September 22, 2008 ) The Spokane Regional Health District, along with other regional agencies, is trying to test how well prepared it is for an emergency. ( Full post )http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/healthbeat/archive.asp?postID=6497 Kudos to WSU body-image program- (Found September 22, 2008 ) A poster series dealing with male body image displayed around WSU's Pullman campus last spring has just earned some national awards. ( Full post )http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/healthbeat/archive.asp?postID=6486 Coughing Try some honey, honey- (Found September 22, 2008 ) A spoonful of honey just may do the trick for coughing kids, says a new study in this month's Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. ( Full post )http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/healthbeat/archive.asp?postID=6664 Thanks for reading- (Found September 22, 2008 ) Under the reorganization going on here, I'm now covering ethics, values and religion. So, I'll no longer be updating the Health Beat blog. ( Full post )http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/healthbeat/archive.asp?postID=6696 |