By Pat Eshelman, RN, BSN, CCRC I have worked in the health care field for 42 years, the last 36 years as an RN, the past 18 in clinical research. It has been a most interesting journey. When I started in health care, stomach ulcers were believed to be caused by stress, few drugs were […]
Keep off weight by not skimping on those long winter naps
By Dr. Mark Reploeg With all the to-do lists and festivities facing us during the holiday season, it can be difficult getting enough sleep. And not only can being sleep deprived make us crankier and less focused, it could also cause us to gain weight during a time of so many gustatory temptations. Significant scientific […]
Mara Friddle: A Link in Project H.E.R.’s Chain of Support
By Aimee Zink For The Corvallis Clinic At 32 years old, Mara Friddle was too young to be diagnosed with breast cancer. She had no family history of the disease, and testing had revealed none of the genetic markers. Yet when she felt something strange during a self-check in July 2013, she saw a doctor […]
Placebos work!
By Julie Carrico, MBA, CCRC In the office recently we were discussing newly published results of a studysuggesting that placebo treatments can in some cases be effective treatments, even when patients know they are receiving placebo treatment. A placebo, in case you don’t know the term, is a sham treatment that looks exactly like the […]
What to expect when preparing for a research visit
By Josh Borunda, PBT Let’s say you volunteered for a clinical study, have signed the Informed Consent and are scheduled to come in for the first study visit. Basic procedures to assess your health will be done at this visit. Key instructions patients will hear for this and later visits throughout the study include: Arrive fasting, […]
