Articles Tagged HEALTH
- September 2008
- Oregon Panel Calls For Phase-In Of Universal Health Care
Thursday, September 4, 4:42 p.m.
(Salem, OR) - Hooper Detox In Portland Get $600K To Continue Operations
Thursday, September 4, 4:58 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - Shooting Rampage Suspect Held On $5M Bail; Community Grieves
Wednesday, September 3, 3:48 p.m.
(Olympia, WA) - Mental Health Advocates React To Skagit Shooting
Wednesday, September 3, 11:39 a.m.
(Olympia, WA) - Mental Health Advocates React To Skagit Shooting
Wednesday, September 3, 11:39 a.m.
(Olympia, WA) - Oregon Set To Break Ground On State Hospital Project
Monday, September 1, 3:46 p.m.
(Salem, OR) - August 2008
- 'Tooth Taxi' Provides Dental Care For Kids
Wednesday, August 27, 2:26 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Search Continues For Cause Of Columbia's 'Rivernose'
Wednesday, August 27, 1:03 a.m.
(Hood River, OR) - Children’s Health Care Proposal Could Resurface In 2009 Legislative Session
Tuesday, August 26, 4:01 p.m.
(Salem, OR) - How Much Medicinal Marijuana Is Enough?
Monday, August 25, 2:30 p.m.
(Olympia, WA) - Services Aren't Keeping Up With Autism
Wednesday, August 20, 6:26 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Legislative Workgroup Hears Autism Complaints
Wednesday, August 20, 1:12 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - McCain And Obama Surrogates Debate Health Care
Tuesday, August 19, 4:12 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - State Taskforce Takes On Obesity
Tuesday, August 19, 4:05 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Obesity Task Force To Meet Monday
Monday, August 18, 10:22 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - First Human Case Of West Nile Virus Reported In Oregon
Thursday, August 14, 4:28 p.m.
(Bend, OR) - 'Beware Of Bats' Officials Warn And Keep Those Rabies Shots Current
Sunday, August 10, 2:17 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Emergency Room Visits At Record Highs
Wednesday, August 6, 7 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - July 2008
- EPA Warns People To Protect Themselves From The Sun
Wednesday, July 30, 4:18 p.m.
(Richland, WA) - First West Nile Virus Activity Reported In Baker County
Tuesday, July 29, 9:44 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - Art For Therapy And For Profit
Monday, July 21, 10:27 a.m.
(Salem, OR ) - State Expands Use Of Broadband To Deliver Health Care
Monday, July 21, 9:55 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - Oregon Researchers Find Compounds To Treat E Coli, Malaria
Tuesday, July 15, 5:19 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Keep A Food Diary And Write Your Way To Weight Loss
Thursday, July 10, 9:25 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - Healthy Americans Act Reintroduced In The House
Wednesday, July 9, 5:01 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Oregon's Infant Hearing Loss Law Gets Thumbs Up
Wednesday, July 9, 11:21 a.m.
(Bend, OR) - New Coalition For Universal Health Care Begins Nationwide Campaign
Tuesday, July 8, 4:35 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Health Advocates Rally As Regence Hikes Insurance Rates
Tuesday, July 1, 4:41 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Tomatoes May Not Be Behind Salmonella Outbreak
Tuesday, July 1, 4:36 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - June 2008
- Smith Voices Support For Wyden's Health Care Plan
Friday, June 27, 1:04 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Finding Help For Cascadia's Clients
Thursday, June 26, 9:27 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - Healthcare United Voter Registration
Thursday, June 19, 5:21 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Long-Term Impact Of Drugs In Water Are Unknown
Thursday, June 19, 1:07 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Cascadia's Story Is One Of Hubris, Mismanagement
Tuesday, June 17, 10:16 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - Multnomah County Proposes Slashing Cascadia By A Third
Monday, June 16, 5:37 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Northwest Not As Healthy As New England
Friday, June 13, 8:34 a.m.
(Olympia, WA) - Study Finds Oregon's Mentally Ill Dying Early
Thursday, June 12, 5:32 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Kulongoski Outlines Health Care Strategies For 2009 Legislature
Wednesday, June 11, noon
(Salem, OR) - May 2008
- Community Turns Out For Mental Health Forum
Friday, May 30, 8:26 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - Multnomah County Exploring State Of Mental Health Care
Thursday, May 29, 1:07 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - OHSU Doctors Researched Treatment For Kennedy's Tumor Type
Tuesday, May 20, 6:24 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Oregon Part Of Largest-Ever Settlement With Merck
Tuesday, May 20, 6:16 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - OHSU Study Begins On Cardiac Arrest Victims
Tuesday, May 20, 9:58 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - Heroin Overdoses Push Drug Deaths Up In Oregon
Tuesday, May 13, 5 p.m.
(Salem, OR) - Oregon Researcher Discovers Biology Behind Lung Cancer
Tuesday, May 13, 10 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - Portland Boys At Center Of Federal Autism Case
Monday, May 12, 4:11 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Washington Holds Mental Health Summit
Sunday, May 11, 1:25 p.m.
(Olympia, WA) - Health Fund Board Holding Listening Sessions Around State
Thursday, May 8, 12:09 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Washington Measles Outbreak Worries State Health Officials
Monday, May 5, 4:07 p.m.
(Richland, WA) - April 2008
- Cascadia Hopes Bank Will Give It Time
Wednesday, April 30, 3:54 p.m.
(Bend, OR) - WA Tobacco Settlement Goes To Life Sciences Research
Monday, April 21, 8:43 a.m.
(Olympia, WA) - Providence Receives Grant To Develop Stem Cell Therapies
Friday, April 18, 12:30 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Will Climate Change Bring New Diseases To Northwest?
Thursday, April 17, 11:54 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - Oregon Health Plan Cuts Led To More ER Visits
Tuesday, April 15, 4:12 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Pacific Northwest Home To Major Malaria Research
Tuesday, April 15, 9:52 a.m.
(Bend) - Tigard High Opens new School Based Health Clinic
Thursday, April 10, 9:39 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - New Teen Health Center Opens At Tigard High School
Wednesday, April 9, 2:21 p.m.
(Tigard, OR) - March 2008
- Odds High, Stakes Higher In Health Care Lottery
Wednesday, March 26, 3:25 p.m.
(Salem, OR) - NW States Update Organ Donation Laws
Tuesday, March 25, 3:34 p.m.
(Olympia, WA) - On Our Minds: OPB's Series On Mental Health Care In Oregon
Friday, March 21, 4:37 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - MindFreedom Seeks To Insure Rights Of Those With Mental Illness
Friday, March 21, 8:48 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - Rural Oregon's Hidden Epidemic - Mental Illness and Suicide
Friday, March 14, 4:10 p.m.
(Joseph, OR) - Needs Of 'Dual Diagnoses' Sufferers Difficult To Meet
Friday, March 14, 6:04 a.m.
(Forest Grove, OR) - Study Finds Outside Support Best For Weight Loss
Wednesday, March 12, 9:44 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - Businesses Meet To Talk About Escalating Heathcare Costs
Tuesday, March 11, 11:47 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - Pendleton Academies Provide Rural Mental Health Care
Friday, March 7, 4:45 p.m.
(Pendleton, OR) - Police And Jails Providing Much Of State's Mental Health Care
Thursday, March 6, 10:44 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Oregon Groups Help Fund Washington Assisted Suicide Measure
Thursday, March 6, 2:20 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Teens Turning To Prescription Drugs
Wednesday, March 5, 6:22 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - February 2008
- Diagnosis Critical To Treating Children With Mental Health Disorders
Friday, February 29, 5:13 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Wraparound Program Aims To Care For Mentally Ill Children At Home
Thursday, February 28, 4:02 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Bend Hospital Suicide Raises Questions
Wednesday, February 27, 9:07 a.m.
(Bend, OR) - State Needs Both A New Hospital And A New System Of Care
Friday, February 22, 12:46 p.m.
(Salem, OR) - Oregon’s Mental Health Parity Lets Some Fall Through Cracks
Friday, February 22, 6:32 a.m.
(Bend, OR) - New Psychiatric Rules Frighten Mental Health Community
Thursday, February 21, 8:53 a.m.
(Bend, OR) - Board Seeks Solutions To Healthcare Problems
Tuesday, February 19, 3:08 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Oregon Researchers Find Link Between Free Infant Formula And Breastfeeding
Thursday, February 14, 3:36 p.m.
(Seattle, WA) - How Many Nurses Are On Duty? Patient Safety Act Would Require Disclosure
Monday, February 4, 4:55 p.m.
(Olympia, WA) - Huge Task Ahead For State Hospital Oversight Group
Friday, February 1, 1:44 p.m.
(Salem, OR) - January 2008
- State Releases Hospital Quality Report
Wednesday, January 23, 4:28 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - WA Lawmakers Scrutinize Pharmaceutical Data Mining, Gift-giving
Thursday, January 17, 3:04 p.m.
(Olympia, WA) - Small Towns Sponsor Their Next Doctors
Wednesday, January 16, 8:13 a.m.
(Colfax, WA) - Mental Health Cutbacks Have Ripple Effect
Thursday, January 10, 9 p.m.
(Roseburg, OR) - Health Officials Announce 'Wellness Initiative' For Mentally Ill
Wednesday, January 9, 3:29 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - December 2007
- Rep. Hooley Introduces Bill To Prevent Elder Suicide
Thursday, December 20, 4:22 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - Family Files Suit Over Nursing Home Injuries
Thursday, December 13, 3:51 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - November 2007
- Oregon A National Leader In Health Care
Thursday, November 29, 3:12 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Ad Campaign Seeks To Reduce Unintentional Shootings
Thursday, November 29, 1:58 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Speaker Pelosi Visits To Discuss Sharing Health Care Information
Tuesday, November 27, 4:39 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - OSU Team Uses Nanotech To Deliver Chemicals To Tumor
Tuesday, November 27, 10:58 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - Multnomah County Moves To Limit Mental Health Coverage
Monday, November 26, 11:38 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - Hooley Hoping To Beef Up Consumer Protections
Tuesday, November 13, 8:58 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - Drug-Resistant Staph Worries Northwest Parents
Friday, November 2, 2:41 p.m.
(Richland, WA) - October 2007
- Oregon's Death With Dignity Law Turns 10
Wednesday, October 24, 4:33 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Women's Health Report Raises Concerns About Increasing Obesity
Wednesday, October 17, 1:07 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - OHSU Researchers Find Breast Cancer Risk Linked To Mother's Hips
Monday, October 8, 4:12 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Walden Remains Opposed To Children's Health Bill
Friday, October 5, 4:52 p.m.
(Bend, OR) - Oregon Delegation Angry About Bush Veto Of SCHIP Expansion
Wednesday, October 3, 3:05 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Lack Of Health Insurance Leads Many To Bankruptcy
Wednesday, October 3, 2:34 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Harvard Doctor Discusses Medical Study
Wednesday, October 3, 2:32 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Wyden Health Care Bill Gains Support In Senate
Tuesday, October 2, 1:14 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - PSU Study Looks At 'Age-Friendliness' Of Cities
Monday, October 1, 3:58 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - September 2007
- Layoffs Cut Mental Heath Services For Oregon Children
Friday, September 28, 8:26 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - Study Finds No Evidence To Support Dire Assisted Suicide Predictions
Wednesday, September 26, 4 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - The Cupboard Is Looking Bare At The Oregon Food Bank
Friday, September 21, 12:24 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Bend's Homeless Shelter Gets Permanent Home
Wednesday, September 19, 8:22 p.m.
(Bend, OR) - System Launched To Find Vulnerable People In Emergency
Wednesday, September 19, 10:55 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - Drug Report FInds Meth Still A Problem In Oregon
Tuesday, September 18, 4:42 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Suicide Rate For Vets Twice That For Non-Veterans
Tuesday, September 18, 3:54 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - OHSU Seeks To Study Patients During Cardiac Arrest
Monday, September 17, 11:44 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - Crow Found In Hillsboro With West Nile Virus
Thursday, September 13, 3:59 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - New Machine At OHSU Promises Reduced Prostate Cancer Side Effects
Wednesday, September 12, 11:59 a.m.
(Portland, OR) - Fairs Offer Differing Approach To Trans Fats
Friday, September 7, 2:33 p.m.
(Salem, OR) - Idaho Lags Behind In Mental Health
Thursday, September 6, 3:36 p.m.
(Coeur d'Alene, ID) - OHSU Institutes Smoking Ban
Thursday, September 6, 1:33 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - The Making Of A Rural Doc
Wednesday, September 5, 2:42 p.m.
(Plummer, ID) - Appeals Court Overturns Eugene Hospital Ruling
Tuesday, September 4, 4:51 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - General Surgeons Hard To Replace In Rural Hospitals
Tuesday, September 4, 3:16 p.m.
(Cottonwood, ID) - August 2007
- E Coli Beef Infects Deschutes Mother, Child
Friday, August 31, 4:32 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Effects Of Medicaid Change Hard To Gauge
Friday, August 31, 3:42 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Theories Abound For Drop-off In West Nile Virus Cases
Friday, August 31, 9:49 a.m.
(Olympia, WA) - West Nile Cases In Humans Down Sharply Across Region
Thursday, August 30, 3:57 p.m.
(Olympia, WA) - Big Tobacco Heads To Courtroom Over Measure 50
Thursday, August 30, 3:39 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - OHSU Diabetes Study Shows Promise For Type 2 Sufferers
Wednesday, August 29, 5:06 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Counties Shift Focus To Treating West Nile Patients
Wednesday, August 29, 2:57 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Kaiser Studies Gestational Diabetes And Childhood Obesity Link
Tuesday, August 28, 4:08 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Portland Police Issue Expensive Reminders To Yield For Pedestrians
Wednesday, August 22, 4:20 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - The Battle Over Children's Health Insurance
Tuesday, August 21, 4:41 p.m.
(Olympia, WA) - Medicare Bus Brings Message Of Prevention To Portland Seniors
Tuesday, August 21, 4:20 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Veterans Hospital Opens In Wenatchee, Others Slated
Tuesday, August 21, 3:04 p.m.
(Richland, WA) - Study Finds Drug Use Increases With 'Acculturation'
Monday, August 13, 4:47 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - Malheur County May Have Oregon's First West Nile Case This Year
Wednesday, August 8, 1:43 p.m.
(Bend, OR) - How To Pick The Perfect Watermelon
Tuesday, August 7, 2:08 p.m.
(Hermiston, OR) - Federal Program May Help Oregon's Uninsured Children
Friday, August 3, 4:03 p.m.
(Portland, OR) - State Launches Hospital Costs Comparison Web Site
Friday, August 3, 3:51 p.m.
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