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The Oregon Medical Board needs to do more to fairly and consistently discipline the health care professionals it regulates, a new Oregon Secretary of State audit found.
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A group of emergency physicians and consumer advocates in multiple states, including California, are pushing for stiffer enforcement of decades-old statutes that prohibit the ownership of medical practices by corporations not owned by licensed doctors.
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"Medicine" in most of the country means pills or capsules or vials, all carefully packaged, sterile, and bearing little resemblance to items found in…
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Even people who have never had surgery have an idea (from TV shows) how it's done: clean gowns, face masks, sterile tools. NONE of those things were part…
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Fractals, those mathematical patterns, are fun to look at. And they may also help people with the ABILITY to look. University of Oregon physicist Richard…
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It turns out living in paradise has its drawbacks.Residents of Christmas Island in the Pacific are prone to a "surfer's disease," caused by exposure to…
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The Human Immunodeficiency Virus--HIV--is no longer the death sentence it once was. But modern drugs still can't shrink distances, so treatment can be…
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Horseback riding is not for everybody, but it's good for a lot of people. Horses, like therapy dogs, can be helpful companions for people with a variety…
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The next time you wait just a little too long for the doctor, consider the fate of our Victorian ancestors. Maybe the waits were shorter, but what was the…
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More than a century ago, a diagnosis of tuberculosis meant almost certain death for the patient. Medical science desperately searched for a cure. Then…
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The national debate about reforming the health care system tends to veer automatically into politics. But there are important realms left behind when that…
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You can bet that anyone who works in an emergency room comes away from the experience with a few stories to tell. But in the interest of patient…
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The modern world is taken for granted in our region.But it has barely penetrated into remote areas in other parts of the world. Medford physician Theresa…
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Even before anybody uttered the phrase "Obamacare," we were peppered with advice about how to navigate the health care system. The advice included…