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• 10 ways to not sacrifice sleep when we 'spring forward' on Sunday

  Posted on Mar 7, 2013
  

  Daylight Saving Time 2013 begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 10. Are you prepared to “spring forward”? Here are some tips to help with the transition. 

• Presidential Maladies: A modern look at Woodrow Wilson's stroke

  Posted on Feb 15, 2013
  

  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."

• Video: Good Samaritan innovations featured on Discovery Channel

  Posted on Jan 20, 2013
  

  A TV program that aired last week on The Discovery Channel highlighted the innovative work at the Children's Therapy Unit at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, Wash.

• MultiCare Profiles: With stroke care, Kiesz sees the difference

  Posted on Sep 12, 2012
  

  “With stroke, the thing that everybody fears is a disability,” said Karen Kiesz, Stroke Program Coordinator at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital and Allenmore Hospital. “If we can minimize the effects of stroke and make a difference with our treatment, then that’s really the driving force behind our program.”

• Tacoma General earns 'Gold Plus' for highest level of stroke care

  Posted on May 15, 2012
  

  Only one hospital in Pierce County has been recognized for providing the highest level of stroke care.

• Don't Sacrifice Sleep When You Spring Forward for Daylight Saving

  Posted on Mar 6, 2012
  

  Are you ready? It will be time to "spring forward" and change from standard to daylight savings time on March 11.

• Stroke survivor who walked across America talks at Good Samaritan

  Posted on Nov 21, 2011
  

  Four-time stroke survivor Mycle Brandy walked across America last year. On Monday, he walked into MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, a quick stop on this year's stroll from San Diego to Seattle to raise stroke awareness.

• Fast Stroke Care At Tacoma General Saves Woman

  Posted on May 26, 2011
  

  Karen Hill sat in her bathroom getting ready to go to bed just after 1 a.m. in early January, when her fingers stopped working. She reached for her pajamas to put them on but couldn't grasp them.

• MultiCare hospitals receive cardiac, stroke designations

  Posted on May 25, 2011
  

  As part of a statewide program to create an emergency cardiac and stroke system, MultiCare's adult hospitals received their categories this week.
  

• MultiCare expands Research Institute, adds trials

  Posted on May 19, 2011
  

  MultiCare leaders decided they wanted the health system to play an increasing role in advancing medicine. In 2010, they opened the MultiCare Research Institute in Tacoma. Program Director Richard Shine recently discussed the new program.

• Tacoma General honored for stroke care

  Posted on May 3, 2011
  

  MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines Stroke Silver Plus Performance Achievement Award.