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

Health Notes for Feb-Mar 2018

Mind-Blowing Medical Technologies Technology is exploding all around us, but few arenas are as bulging with technological innovation as Health

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Health Notes- The Health effects of Anniversaries

Did you know that anniversaries can impact your health? The observance of events from days gone by can have real

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Health Notes-  Man in vegetative state regains consciousness

You occasionally hear headlines like this… “man regains consciousness after 20 years in a coma”.  You hear them occasionally, but

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Health Notes- Does this country make my butt look big?

Most of us could probably stand to lose a little weight, but the truth is… well, most of us could

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No one’s pretending “vitamin water” is healthy… anymore

The consumption of sugary soda drinks has collapsed in the US from a high of about 54 gallons per person

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Pacifying the Digital Natives

Maybe it’s just the Future we’ll have to live with… people connected to their phones and computers, not as a

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Health Notes- A Healthy 2016

We pride ourselves on a holistic approach to vehicle care; caring for your vehicle as a whole unit and not

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Health Notes- Reasons to enjoy real butter

Reasons to enjoy REAL butter With all the goodies of Holiday Food comes the guilt… too much sugar, too much fat,

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For Optimal Health, Savor Life

By Michael Finkelstein, MD, Well Being Journal, Vol. 24, No. 5.  Whether we suffer from common ailments such as insomnia,

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Health Notes- Eat what you’re told to… by the Sugar Industry

What do you do if you want a healthy heart?  Cut fat, cut cholesterol, and exercise are typical advice, but

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Stress, emotion, and disease

We turn to an unusual source for our Health Notes this month, an award-winning website called Brain Pickings.  Created by

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Feedlot Cattle Fattened on Candy

Some Commercial Feedlots feed stale candy to cattle in an effort to reduce costs. According to a recent review, such

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