The Seattle Times

At a time when plastic surgery has become fairly commonplace, some believe the Catman of Whidbey Island may have gone too far. Dennis Avner, who goes by his American Indian...

Those who don't play golf dismiss it as too leisurely to be a sport. Any form of exercise that can be tackled while wearing a polo shirt and slacks is...

Every day in clinics and doctors' offices across the country, healthy middle-age women slide their wrists into portable X-ray machines that calculate bone density. If they get a low enough...

One cancer patient calls them "MIA doctors"--doctors who go missing in action when their patients are about to die. Doctors, even with patients they've known for years, often avoid saying...

Commuting by bicycle is the ultimate in multitasking: You get a workout as you get to work. You rev your heart rate, wake up, think, burn fat, build muscle, go...

In her 2003 memoir, "Giving Up the Ghost," British writer Hilary Mantel talked matter-of-factly about seeing ghosts around her house whenever she had a migraine coming on. "I don't know...

It's not surprising that rhubarb fails to get the respect it deserves. Its leaves are poisonous and its stalk is lemony-tart. It's a vegetable that is most often served as...

It's not surprising that rhubarb fails to get the respect it deserves. Its leaves are poisonous and its stalk is lemony-tart. It's a vegetable that is most often served as...

Here's something you don't see often in the King County, Wash., Courthouse or Juvenile Detention Center: people breaking into smiles and reaching out eagerly for hugs when members of the...

Christie Aden's room at The Westin Seattle didn't live up to the standards she's come to expect from the hotel chain, so she decided to share her impressions with a...