Idaho Statesman stories
- Growth in Idaho's health The Treasure Valley's health care system is growing to keep up with population. We have more choices, more up-to-date procedures to keep us healthy.
- Health classes offered at Treasure Valley hospitals A list of the classes and lectures offered in Boise and Meridian.
- How to cut health-care costs Health tips and low-cost screenings are two easy ways to decrease your health-care spending each year.
- Idaho Legislature has not weighed in on controversial shots against HPV Idaho so far has no plans to require 6th-grade girls to get a controversial series of vaccinations to protect them against HPV.
- More doctors for a growing Valley Patients can choose from a skyrocketing number of Treasure Valley physicians.
- More obesity surgeries receive insurance coverage Some extremely overweight Idahoans have new hope of slimming down as the state's two largest health insurers cover more weight-loss operations.
- Online health-care resources People are using the Internet as a main source of health care information, but finding reliable information, plain or complex, remains a challenge.
- Online reports provide ways for you to compare health-care options Agencies provide online reports analyzing local hospitals, health-care providers and services.
- Online sites with more health-care information More than 50 recommended sites to help you answer questions about your family's health and development.
- Screening tests for men Health tests checklist: what you need and when.
- Screening tests for women Health test checklist: what you need and when.
- Shots help protect Idaho kids The time parents recently spent getting their kids up-to-date on their shots is helping to keep overall immunization rates up, preventing disease outbreaks.
- The cost of coverage Look to insurance providers for health help.
- Tips for fighting an insurance claim You can ask your health insurer to reconsider if it rejects a claim or refuses to pay for treatment you consider medically necessary.
Expert topics
- Air Ambulance: Emergency medicine takes to the air
- Audiology: Dealing with and improving hearing loss
- Cardiology: Coronary artery disease, an equal opportunity killer
- Cosmetic Dentistry: Giving patients a reason to smile
- Cosmetic Surgery: Get the basics on breast augmentation and facelifts
- Dialysis: Helping live through kidney disease
- Dupuytren's Disease: Finding a way to release hand contraction
- Family Medicine: Doctors focus on relationships with patients
- Gastric Bypass: Surgery takes weight loss to the operating room
- Gastroenterology: Peptic ulcers can be treated
- Lap-Band Weight Loss: Providing an adjustable weight-loss option
- Laser Hair Removal: Bringing hair removal into a new century
- Maternity: The pregnancy timeline
- Medical Imaging: What to expect from testing experience
- Neurosurgery: Branching beyond the brain
- Nursing: Planning can help ensure quality care
- Oncology: New treatments, technology bring hope to cancer diagnosis
- Ophthalmic Surgery: Bringing Lasik into focus
- Orthopaedics: Bringing life back to old joints
- Pediatric Dentistry: Establishing health habits for life
- Shoulder Arthritis: Complicated joints, complicated problems
- Surgery: Know what to expect when preparing for surgery
- Trauma Medicine: From battlefields to neighborhoods