Sleep is essential to your physical and mental health. It helps your body repair itself and your brain process memories of the day's events. And ...
For many years, people thought heart disease and heart attacks were men’s problems. Research studies focused on men. Diagnoses and treatments were ...
How to track health care records with your patient portal Do you ever suddenly remember during the evening or on the weekend that you need to make a ...
With cold and flu season going strong, there’s no better time than winter to focus on your health. And while viruses thrive in cooler temperatures, ...
If you are the parent of a teenager, you’ve probably talked about the dangers of smoking cigarettes. But while less than 2 percent of high school ...
What can I expect in the days leading up to my procedure? The day or two prior to your colonoscopy, you will be given medication to help “clean” out ...
What is Cologuard? Cologuard is an at home, non-invasive colon cancer screening test. The test uses advanced stool DNA technology to detect the DNA ...
When most of us think about heart health, we think about exercise and eating right. But there’s another daily part of our lives we may not connect to ...
Paul Welch, MD, is the Adventist Health Tillamook Ambulatory Medical Director. As a board-certified medical provider with decades of experience in ...