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Left, Anthony Pritchard, 29, has kidney disease. He shows Linda Bothel's WSHS health class his "fistula," a medical procedure that connects artery with vein to allow easy access to a vein for dialysis as an alternative to a stint. UW nephrologist Dr. Eric Anderson, pictured right, advises students to cut down on sodium, avoid obesity, and not to smoke, to discourage kidney disease. Thursday, March 11, was World Kidney Day.

WSHS students confront kidney disease realities

By Steve Shay
March 11, 2010

A frank, sometimes disturbing, demonstration about kidney disease was presented in Linda Bothel’s health class at West Seattle High School Thursday, March 11, to coincide with Word Kidney Day. Dr. Eric Anderson and colleague Dr. Kim Muczynski with the UW Department of Medicine Division of Kidney Diseases and Hypertension showed the class a small dialysis machine that separated urine from blood. Muczynski dissected a pig's kidney. More ›

City seeking input for Youth and Families initiative

The City of Seattle is looking for your feedback to help shape the Youth and Families Initiative. The Herald previously brought you this story here. A local meeting is being held at Denny Middle School on March 15th at 7:30pm. The Youth and Families Initiative is a major initiative announced by Mayor Mike McGinn during his inaugural address. The Initiative will help shape the Mayor’s agenda on issues affecting youth and families from a child’s birth to their successful career track. More ›

Three Puget-Sound area community colleges earn accreditation as baccalaureate institutions

March 4, 2010

Three Puget Sound-area community colleges have earned accreditation as baccalaureate colleges from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, the body that accredits all Northwest institutions of higher education, public and private.

Baccalaureate accreditation status means that the three colleges – South Seattle Community College (Seattle), Bellevue College (Bellevue), and Olympic College (Bremerton) – meet the standards for performance, integrity, and quality required of all bachelor’s degree-granting colleges and universities.

The standards are set by the Northwest Commission, whose work is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the U.S. Department of Education. More ›

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