Quick Tips for Healthy Snacks During Your Pregnancy

Monday, January 26, 2015
Your nutritional intake requirements certainly do change during pregnancy! To help avoid the light-headedness or nausea that can hit you during pregnancy, remember to eat small, frequent healthful meals with…

Getting Your First “Annual Exam”

Monday, January 26, 2015
Annual exams (aka gyn exams or well-woman visits) are an important part of taking care of your health. Whether or not you are sexually active, these visits are a chance…

Skip the Resolutions

Wednesday, January 14, 2015
My buddy goes to the gym a lot. She’s a bit obsessive. She watches every January as the gym crowds surge and recede like the tide. By February, she gets…

Introducing Our 15 Top Doctors of 2015

Friday, December 19, 2014
We are proud to announce the inclusion of fifteen providers from The Oregon Clinic in this year’s Portland Monthly Magazine list of Top Doctors & Nurses. Portland Monthly invited every licensed doctor, physician…

How Can We Reduce Deaths From Lung Cancer?

Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Lung Cancer Screening with yearly ultra low dose CT scans of the lungs is gaining increasing national attention as the number of medical societies and expert panels recommending screening continue…

Tips for a Safe Holiday Season

Monday, December 15, 2014
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimates there were 15,000 injuries involving holiday decorating seen in emergency departments nationwide during November and December 2012. In addition, the National Fire…

All About the LINX System

Tuesday, December 9, 2014
1.What is the LINX system? The LINX is a small implant comprised of interlinked titanium beads with magnetic cores. The magnetic attraction between the beads augments the existing esophageal sphincter’s…

The Most Significant Medical Development of 2014

Monday, November 24, 2014
Dr. Brad Glavan explains why his pick for the most significant medical development of 2014 actually occurred in 2013. In 2014, lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths…

Should You be Screened for One of the Most Aggressive Human Cancers?

Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Patrick Swayze. Michael Landon. Luciano Pavarotti. Randy Pausch, author of The Last Lecture. We remember the names of celebrities who were stricken with cancer of the pancreas and inevitably died…

This Pill Could Save Your Life – But Would You Still Take it After Knowing What is in it?

Thursday, November 6, 2014
You might need more than a spoonful of sugar to help this medicine go down. Taken for just two days, these pills contain human feces that have been diluted, strained,…