By Julie Carrico, MBA, CCRC Patients today seem to know a lot more about clinical trials than when I started my career in the mid-1980s. Phrases that used to require a lot of patient education, such as double blind or informed consent document or placebo, are often already understood by the patient volunteers. This newfound […]
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Keeping ankle flexible can help avoid common painful conditions
By Paul Jaques, DPT, CSCS The Corvallis Clinic Poor ankle flexibility is associated with several common painful conditions, such as Achilles tendon pain, plantar fasciitis, knee pain, and recurrent ankle sprains. Poor ankle dorsiflexion (door-see-flex-shun) is an ankle motion that is often limited in people with these foot, ankle, and knee problems. What is Ankle […]
Meal Planning: A Dietitian’s Guide
By Lori Dodds, BS, RDN, LD The Corvallis Clinic Are you tired of feeling unorganized and exhausted when it comes to meal time? Do you walk in the door after a long day being greeted by the family asking “What’s for dinner?… I’m starving!” Imagine how you would feel to already have a plan in […]
A world without clinical research would be a real headache
By Rylee Salutregui Clinical Research Center Intern Imagine waking up with an excruciating headache. You stumble into the bathroom, open the medicine cabinet, look in, and find … nothing. It’s empty. You then wander around and decide that the store should have something to take for the pain. So, you drive to it and walk […]
Clinical trial volunteers vital in battle against Alzheimer’s disease
By Rylee Salutregui Clinical Research Center Intern Ponder these facts from the Alzheimer’s Association : 7 million American’s are living with Alzheimer’s. By the year 2050, that number is projected to rise by 14 million. Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. In the year 2018 Alzheimer’s and other forms of […]
