By Julie Carrico, MBA, CCRC The Corvallis Clinic’s Clinical Research Center is conducting a study to evaluate a potential new vaccine to prevent certain types of exacerbations in patients who have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). COPD is a progressive lung disease that over time makes it hard to breathe. COPD is sometimes referred to […]
Forget about fad diets and resolutions: Target key behaviors and use SMART goals for better health
By Lori Dodds, BS, RDN, LD The Corvallis Clinic Now is the time when many people make New Year resolutions. Unfortunately, these frequently include another dreaded fad diet soon to be added to the scrapheap of all the others that have been tried and failed. Common sense tells you these tactics won’t work – certainly […]
No more diets or resolutions: Go on a healthy habit binge instead
Thinking of making a New Year’s resolution? Since most of them flat-out fail within the first six months, let’s change things up! Instead, focus your efforts on these practical and sensible 10 steps that will help lead you into a happier and healthier 2018. WATER: Drink 8-12 (8 oz.) glasses of water each day. Our […]
End of 2017 – What a Year!
By Julie Carrico, MBA, CCRC It was a year of firsts for the Clinical Research Center. The department’s first and founding manager, Pat Eshleman, retired. This was coupled with our first-ever search for a new manager which, we’re relieved to say, had a happy ending. Sheena Strohmayer, who began her professional career at the Clinical […]
Woman recounts experience in trial that put better shingles vaccine on market
By Julie Carrico, MBA, CCRC In her mother, sister and a dear friend, Mary Carper had seen the suffering that occurs from shingles. So, when Corvallis Clinic internist Dr. Michael Chen and the Clinical Research Center began recruiting people for the nationwide Shingrix trial study, the retired NASA employee eagerly signed up. She wanted to […]
