The Clinical Research Center is happy to announce that a new video has been posted to the Clinical Research web page. This is a companion video to the one posted last March. The Clinical Research Center was thrilled with the March video. It featured two patients who personally experienced improved health as a result of […]
Philomath Family Medicine staff, providers pitch in on Habitat project
The icy roads of the holiday season did not deter Saul Santiago from starting his family on a journey to a better life. Four days before Christmas in 2005, Santiago, his wife, Glendalys Laboy, and their daughter, Meryliana, then 3, headed west from Illinois. “It was starting to become like a war zone,” Santiago said […]
Volunteers needed for post-stroke walking-deficit study
According to the American Stroke Association, stroke is the number five cause of death and the leading cause of adult disability in the United States. There are three types of strokes: ischemic (occurs as a result of an obstruction in a blood vessel that supplies blood to the brain), hemorrhagic and transient ischemic attack (TIA). […]
Clinic’s Weight Loss Center gives new leases on lives
Fortunately for Chuck Gentry, his wife of 48 years believes in “tough love.” Not too long ago, Chuck was unable to walk to the mailbox without getting out of breath, so she placed a chair in a flower bed nearby. “‘You want the newspaper, go get it,’” he quotes his wife as saying. These days, […]
Clinic helps utility promote linemen longevity
Squatting. Hurdling. Lunging. Bending. Usually, the linemen of Consumers Power perform such acrobatics while dealing with downed power lines or replacing transformers, often times in piercing wind and stinging rain. On this day, however, these “industrial athletes” engaged in such movements in the controlled warmth and comfort of the company’s lunchroom, as part of a […]
