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Treva Lind

Treva Lind

Current Position: features writer

Treva Lind joined The Spokesman-Review in 2016, after 12 years working as a correspondent. She is a reporter for the News Desk covering health, aging and family issues.

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Advice for July 4: Let your summer cookouts sizzle, not spoil

While you’re celebrating with fireworks, camping and park concerts, be aware it’s also a time when illness-causing bacteria can sneak into this season’s food to spoil all the fun. The USDA and regional health district offer tips for safe outdoor cooking and picnics.
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Clue-solving: Spokane libraries unlock escape rooms

As a trend, Spokane-area libraries are offering sessions of escape rooms as a youth summer activity. Filled with education and puzzle-solving, the sessions are a way to celebrate the game’s growing popularity nationwide. Several businesses also offer escape rooms with elaborate settings.
News >  Health

Spokane clinic gives patients with neurological diseases options to join clinical trials

Since 2018, a Spokane biomedical research company has waded into multiple clinical trials to find treatments to slow or more effectively fight neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease. With more than 100 participants so far, the studies are at Inland Northwest Research, owned by neurologist Dr. Jason Aldred, and also looking at Huntington’s disease, Lou Gehrig’s disease and multiple sclerosis.
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Do you snore? Reasons to see a doctor

Snoring should get checked if it gets louder and has symptoms such as gasps for air or interrupted breathing. Health experts are less concerned about what’s called primary snoring as a more rhythmic, regular sound, but there are tips to lessen loud Zs.
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Talking diabetes with a kid’s charm

Two Spokane friends Curtis Jones, 13, and Ella Ludwig, 12, talk about life with Type 1 diabetes. Curtis will be a youth delegate in July talking to U.S. Congress members for the JDRF Children’s Congress in Washington D.C. Ella is ambassador for the local Sept. 22 JDRF Community One Walk, with a June 15 fundraiser kick-off.
News >  Family

God Squad helps Airway Heights neighbors remove junk

God Squad is a nondenominational Airway Heights volunteer group that helps neighbors – many who are disabled or low-income – clean up yard junk. Otherwise, they’d face city code violations and fines. The group is seeking more volunteers for projects this summer.
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Flexing fitness with ClassPass

Changing up exercise routines helps boost fitness while stemming boredom. Now there’s ClassPass, a monthly subscription app recently available in Spokane to book classes at a network of boutique fitness studios and gyms. Users can pick from yoga, cycling, Pilates, strength, dance and barre sessions.
News >  Health

Explanting breast implants: Women cite autoimmune ailments

Federal officials held a recent hearing about breast implant safety, and heard testimony from women who cited breast implant illness with mostly autoimmune problems such as joint and muscle pain and allergies. Locally, multiple women are seeking surgery to remove implants and adjoining tissue.
News >  Health

Q&A: With measles on the rise, vaccine is still best defense

The Spokesman-Review asked health experts about any strategies to prevent a measles outbreaks, including for travel or if people can’t remember having the vaccine. Just four months into 2019, the U.S. has recorded the greatest number of measles cases – at 764 – since the infectious disease was deemed eliminated from the nation in 2000. No confirmed cases are reported in Spokane this year.
News >  Family

Under Joya, serving same Guilds’ School way

In 1960, Spokane Guilds’ School & Neuromuscular Center first launched for children with developmental disabilities. But while mission remains, much has changed, now reflected in new name: Joya Child & Family Development.
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Conquering obstacles: Spokane Spartan couple sets ambitious goals

This spring, Brad and Joni Bailey of Spokane Valley are hoping to finish three Spartan obstacle course races, a series called the Trifecta. That final run falls on the third anniversary of the day — May 4, 2016 — Brad Bailey suffered a stroke, sparking a series of health concerns.