When Bobby Rangel had a titanium plate placed in his right clavicle after a snow-boarding accident, he had no idea it would come back to haunt him five years later.
“Registry studies” another aid to research
When most people think of clinical research studies, they think of experimental treatments such as investigational oral or injectable medications. However, not all studies involve a treatment intervention. Some studies are designed to simply track the health and disease progression of patients who meet study criteria. Such studies are called “registry studies,” and the patients […]
Retired nurse travels the world on two new knees
After suffering debilitating pain from knees that she said had “fallen apart,” Patricia Fordney is back globetrotting, bike riding, and cliff climbing. She believes being a floor nurse for 35 years – in addition to “dragging her two daughters up the mountains in Alaska,” where she spent a good part of her life – might have been the cause.
Clinic orthopedic surgeons reignite get up and go for those hurting
In 2006, at age 47, Joan Horton feared she would have to give up her passion – which also happened to be her livelihood.
Technologist Thurman earns national CT certification
CORVALLIS — Kathryn Thurman, a radiologic technologist in The Corvallis Clinic Imaging Services, has earned the Computed Tomography (CT) certification granted by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT). Thurman, who has been with The Clinic since 2008, recently passed the CT exam administered by ARRT. Thurman had to meet education and ethics requirements before […]
