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Dale Chihuly visits Mary Bridge to see Hilltop Artists glass work
Dale Chihuly, the world-renowned glass artist and Tacoma native, visited MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital on Wednesday to check out the new glass art installation created by the Hilltop Artists program. "Beautiful," Chihuly said. "Nice work."
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RN was once Mary Bridge patient, with same view of Frisko Freeze
Frisko Freeze, the iconic Tacoma hamburger stand, is the dominant view from Karla Jo Tupper’s office window at the Mary Bridge Health Center. It’s the same view she had 38 years ago as a child, when she was rushed to Mary Bridge for emergency surgery that saved her life.
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Learn about 'Angelina Jolie' genetic test for breast cancer risk
A genetic test that helped Angelina Jolie opt for a preventive double mastectomy can be ordered locally through the MultiCare Genomics Institute and the MultiCare Regional Cancer Center.
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To heal fast, busy mom with MS chooses robotic surgery in Tacoma
With three young children waiting at home, Janelle Winstead didn’t have time for a long recovery after surgery. So when her gallbladder needed to be removed, the Tacoma mother was thankful she had the option to choose daVinci robotic surgery by Dr. James Rifenbery just down the street at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital in Tacoma, Wash.
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MultiCare Profiles: Child Life Specialists help comfort kids
To highlight the work of the Certified Child Life Specialists at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Center, we asked them why they love helping young patients.
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Children's Therapy Unit to benefit from Northwest Corks & Crush
The young patients might not realize it while they're throwing a ball or pedaling a tricycle, but their treatment-disguised-as-play is truly the result of a team effort. Now you can support their team just by attending Northwest Corks & Crush.
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Child psychologist offers 5 ways to help kids process tragedy
Children may feel anxiety if they hear people talking about the explosions at the Boston Marathon, or see graphic images or media coverage. For advice about how to talk to kids and help them express their feelings, we turned to Bob Beilke, Ph.D., a pediatric and clinical child psychologist who has worked for 21 years at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Center in Tacoma, Wash.
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Students with Hilltop Artists install glass art at Mary Bridge
Drop by drop, one glass sphere at a time, waves of color illuminated the sky and washed away the gray. Inside two newly built skybridges at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma, students with the Hilltop Artists program carefully filled floor-to-ceiling windows with more than 1,500 hand-blown glass floats.
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10 tips to manage seasonal allergies in the Pacific Northwest
Seasonal allergies have brought runny noses and itchy eyes to Western Washington. To find relief, we sought tips from Dr. Lawrence Larson, a board-certified allergy/immunology specialist.
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For kids in oncology clinic, tokens are a carrot for every stick
This is 6-year-old Cole Vukich. He earned this token today at the hematology/oncology clinic at the Mary Bridge Health Center. To earn a token, "I have to get a poke," Cole explained.
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Boy at Mary Bridge sends get-well message to his friend, a tiger
A tiger cub who is recovering from a critical illness received a note of encouragement this week from another young patient who knows what it's like to go through multiple medical procedures. “I was diagnosed with leukemia the same week that Berani was born,” said 8-year-old Paul Dawkins as he explained his special connection with the 6-month-old tiger.
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Vintage TG: Newborn wears 1981 T-shirt her mom received as a baby
The tiny pink T-shirt is more than 30 years old, yet the baby wearing it is brand new. Violet Magnolia Shamp was born with a flair for vintage fashion. When she arrived Feb. 4 at the Family Birth Center at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital, her parents dressed her in a 1981 Tacoma General T-shirt originally worn by Violet's mother, Martha, when she was born at the hospital.
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Crash survivor reunites with those who saved her life
Nine months after a horrific car crash, 18-year-old Sarah Davis returned to MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital to meet with many of the people who saved her life and helped her along her road to recovery.
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Presidential Maladies: A modern look at Woodrow Wilson's stroke
In honor of Presidents Day this month, we've asked MultiCare's health experts to look back at the ailments of past U.S. presidents, then offer their perspective on how these conditions might be treated differently today. President Woodrow Wilson's stroke in 1919 is the first in our series, "Presidential Maladies."
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For 5 years, test has found hidden heart defects in newborns
Hidden heart defects in five healthy-appearing newborns have been found and fixed, thanks to a quick and painless test that’s celebrating its fifth anniversary today at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital. Since Feb. 14, 2008, more than 10,000 day-old babies have received the screening that is free to all children born at Tacoma General. Called pulse oximetry, the test detects low levels of oxygen in the blood, which may be indicative of a heart defect.
