For decades, Big Pharma has raised drug prices with impunity. Here in Washington state, the average annual cost of brand name prescription drug treatment increased 58 percent between 2012 and 2017, while the annual income for Washingtonians increased only 9.9 percent. Prescription drugs don’t work if patients can’t afford them.
Is the fountain of youth attainable?
“I don’t mind getting old…I just don’t like to look at myself in the mirror,” said Judge Judy, host of the most popular daytime television show, in a New York Times Magazine story recently. The judge is 76 years old.
BLOG: East meets West: Anti-aging foods
What is cool about being bicultural? I have the best of both Chinese and Western worlds, especially healthy foods.
AARP’s Jim Ko on life and aging
By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY He retired from corporate life in 2015. But Jim Ko isn’t slowing down. Ko is the AARP Washington State president. In the volunteer role, […]
Keiro’s potential deal with Transforming Age questioned
By Mahlon Meyer Northwest Asian Weekly As concern over a possible deal between Keiro and Transforming Age roils the Japanese American community, a family member of a resident in Nikkei […]
Opposition to affirmative action bill erupts into fracas at rally
By Mahlon Meyer Northwest Asian Weekly A rally in support of an affirmative action bill descended into a melee as audience members hurled shouts and a man claiming to be […]
Federal judge upholds affirmative action at Harvard
By COLLIN BINKLEY BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge cleared Harvard University on Oct. 1 of discriminating against Asian American applicants in a ruling that was seen as a major […]
Two bodies recovered, presumed to be Nguyen and Le
The Mercer Island Police Marine Patrol found and recovered two bodies from Lake Washington on Sept. 30. Both bodies were recovered from 110 feet of water, approximately one mile from […]
Chinese American WWII Veterans Congressional Gold Medal design
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) held a public meeting on Sept. 18 to review designs for Congressional Gold Medals honoring Chinese American Veterans of World War II. The proposed […]
Runger wins in 2019 PNWA Literary Contest
Cindy Runger recently won second place in the Pacific Northwest Writers’ Association 2019 Literary Contest for her novel, “Clarissa Seng & the Council of Spirits.” She claimed her prize in […]
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