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8211 SE 6th Ave
Portland, OR 97202

8am - 6pm Monday - Friday
Office Only: 8am - 11am Saturday

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From vehicle maintenance to community issues, Tom covers what matters to drivers in Portland.

Health Notes- A Party In Your Gall Bladder

We were reading Well Being Journal when we ran across a couple articles on gall bladders.  Realizing we didn’t know

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Health Notes- New smaller batteries have new larger problems

Gone are the days of the clunky “D”-cell batteries.  Today’s slim and hyper-compact technology has slim and hyper-compact batteries to

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Health Notes- Medical Uses of the Birth Control Pill

The current flap about insurance coverage of contraceptives has focused on the obvious birth-control aspects, but the other health benefits

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Health Notes- Here’s why apples keep the doctor away!

From ScienceDaily, April 12, 2011- Everyone has heard the old adage, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” We

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Biggest Stories of 2011- What made this year’s news in Your Car Matters

You want plumbing advice from your plumber, but do you want plumbing advice month after month?  You want to hear

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Health Notes- Dangerous chemicals in cookware and home products

The growing data on the toxic effects of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) is difficult to ignore. PFCs belong to a class

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Health Notes- The shocking truth about “fresh-squeezed” orange juice PART II

Last month we ran an exposé about the seemingly innocent glass of orange juice on your breakfast table.  From the

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Health Notes- The shocking truth about “fresh-squeezed” orange juice

(Reprinted from Mercola.com, August, 2011) If you buy orange juice at the store, you may lean towards the kind that

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Health Notes- Climate change gets personal

When we think of climate change we usually think about change of the planet only, and on a global scale. 

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Health Notes- Frankenfoods Foods Stalk The Earth

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are the result of cutting edge science.  Since the dawn of the agricultural revolution people have

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Health Notes- Mmmm…. crunchlets!

Many people think choosing foods with blueberries in them can boost antioxidant intake. That’s true, but only if blueberries are

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Health Notes- Our country has been manipulated into a nation of drug users

(Adapted from an article by Dr. Joseph Mercola; http://www.mercola.com) From 1992 to 2002, the number of prescriptions written increased 61

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