by Hillary Regan | Apr 6, 2015 | Learn
At Champion’s barbershop in Northeast Portland men can get a “frohawk, a razor shave, or a mustache trim. They can also get their blood pressure checked, thanks to a new heath partnership called Cuts and Checks. Read and Listen to the OPB story...
by Hillary Regan | Apr 6, 2015 | Learn
Each year more than 15,000 women under the age of 55 die of heart disease in the United States. And younger women are twice as likely to die after being hospitalized for a heart attack as are men in the same age group. Studies show that women tend to wait much...
by Hillary Regan | Apr 6, 2015 | Learn
Some physicians feel that the annual physical should be eliminated and that patients should really only go to the doctor if something is wrong. Meanwhile, other physicians believe in the importance of developing a relationship with their patients; and say that they...
by Hillary Regan | Apr 6, 2015 | Learn, Uncategorized
A bill in the Oregon legislature would limit the use of antibiotics on farms and ranches to only sick animals. Proponents fear that we are in danger of a “post-antibiotic future,” where drugs will become less and less effective. Opponents argue that the Food and Drug...
by Hillary Regan | Apr 1, 2015 | Learn
In 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that states could choose whether to expand their Medicaid programs under the ACA. In January 2014, about half the states expanded and about half did not. This created a natural experiment — an opportunity to compare the impact of...
by Hillary Regan | Mar 30, 2015 | Learn
Dr. Brian Druker, director of the Knight Cancer Institute will make an appearance in the new multi-part Ken Burns cancer documentary series “Cancer: The Emperor Of All Maladies” tonight at 9pm on PBS. Druker developed Gleevec, the first targeted cancer...
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