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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.

Brain stimulation offers hope for depression

Brain stimulation acts ‘like a switch’ to turn off severe depression for one patient Maggie Fox on CNN, Oct 2021

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Health Notes- Here’s what a REAL medical debate looks like

“Trust the science” say the rational people.  “How can we trust the science when it keeps changing its answers?”  say

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Health Notes- How your body deals with heat… or doesn’t

How Your Body Deals With Heat… Or Doesn’t. When it’s hot, we sweat.  That’s not news.  But it may be

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Health Notes- Sleeping your way to Health

        The new science of sleep: Everything we know about how it affects your health and brain

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Just say “no” to unknown injections from strangers in parks

Health Notes- Here’s what we’re up against… Essential Oil Fan Fiction Our Health Note for this month is from an

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Health Notes- Gut Bacteria and Your Mental Health

The Link Between Gut Bacteria and Mental Health By Lindsay Christensen Well Being Journal The human brain is a complex

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Health Notes- We’re in an age of obesity.  But why?

We’re in a new age of obesity. How did it happen? You’d be surprised By George Monbiot in The Guardian,

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Health Notes- The search for a vaccine against EVERYTHING

The Search for One Vaccine to Rule Them All By Emily Mullin in Future Human, Feb 2021 With the 21st

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Health Notes for Feb 2021- Medical Myths about Aging

Medical Myths about Aging By Dr. Ray Schilling, originally published as “Medical Myths About Aging”, Oct 2020 Medical myths about

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Health Notes- What binge-watching does to your Health

As the Covid Lockdown (or semi-lockdown, depending  on where you are) continues, there’s one thing we all have to talk

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Health Notes- Breaking addiction means changing our thinking

        Everyone knows why addicts are addicted… they’re weak people who make bad individual choices and are

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Health Notes- The absolute worst pain you can experience

There’s a joke that “minor pain is any pain happening to someone else”.  OK, it’s not a great joke, but

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