You’re the 2020 LASIK Sweepstakes Winner! How are you feeling after finding out that you have won? I was over the moon! I was in the middle of class when I found out. I am a surgical technology student at Concorde Career Institute in Portland, so I was really excited about this opportunity. Immediately, I […]
Corvallis Clinic Health Information Blog
The Importance of Clinical Trials
By Julie Carrico, Senior Associate Coordinator with The Corvallis Clinic Clinical Research Center Clinical trials and vaccine research hold great importance in the health care industry, especially now more than ever. These trials are performed in order to discover new treatments for diseases and to understand new ways of detection, diagnosis, and the reduction in […]
Present and Future of Clinical Research
Like just about every other enterprise on Earth right now, the Clinical Research Center is currently marching at a slightly slower pace. Some of our staff members were temporarily furloughed – in fact, yours truly was home for five weeks. When I mentioned to friends that I’d been furloughed from work, I discovered to […]
Clinical Trials Day
Clinical Trials Day is celebrated around the world on May 20. Clinical Research professionals (like us!) mark this day for its place in history as the beginning of modern clinical trials. In May 1747, sailors in the British Royal Navy were more likely to die of scurvy than fighting the French and Spanish navies. Aboard […]
Breakfast Burrito
Ingredients 2 teaspoons canola oil 1/2 small red onion, diced (1 cup) 1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced 1 cup drained, rinsed canned black beans, preferably low-sodium 1/4 teaspoon chili flakes Salt and freshly ground black pepper 4 eggs and 4 egg whites 1/3 cup (about 1 1/2 ounce) shredded pepper Jack cheese Nonstick […]
