Healthy Living

At Providence Portland Medical Center, doctors and nurses struggle to keep an ICU full of mostly unvaccinated COVID patients from becoming overwhelmed. Watch this video collaboration between Providence Portland and…

We understand our patients who are taking immune-suppressing medicines have questions about the COVID vaccine and if they should get a booster shot. We encourage everyone to get vaccinated against…

Over the last 50 years, the global rate of melanoma incidence has increased dramatically, on average between 3-5 percent per year. In the US alone, almost 100,000 new cases of…

On 6/14/2021, Philips issued a recall notice for some of their positive airway pressure (PAP) devices due to potential health risks from the polyester-based polyurethane foam used in their devices.…

Over the past few decades, the rate of new thyroid cancer diagnoses has increased significantly in the US and worldwide. Much of this rising incidence is thought to be due…

The Friday of Memorial Day Weekend is “Don’t Fry Day”! PROTECT YOUR SKIN TODAY AND EVERY DAY There will be over five million new cases of skin cancer diagnosed in…

Source: Standardization of thyroid ultrasound reporting in the community setting decreases biopsy rates

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the most prevalent of functional gastrointestinal disorders, is commonly diagnosed by gastroenterologists and primary care physicians. Recurrent abdominal pain and altered bowel habits, along with bloating…

Why take chances? Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related death for men and women and about 5 percent of Americans will develop colorectal cancer in their…

Colon cancer remains a common and deadly cancer—it is the second most common cause of cancer death in men and women in the United States.           …