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Simple Ways To Keep Calm When You Are In A Traffic Accident

You can practice reducing anxiety in advance of any crisis.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Car accidents are very scary. They're also quite common. Most people will have at least one minor accident over the course of their lives.

An accident of any kind can be quite terrifying. At the same time, it is important to keep calm. Keeping calm can help you take charge of the situation and avoid any further problems.

As Medicine Advances, Recovery Times Decrease

Surgical patients now experience less pain and shorter recovery times

(SALEM, Ore.) - As researchers discover new ways to treat patients, these new surgeries, treatments, and procedures become centered on patient comfort and care. This, in turn, leads to decreased recovery times.

So, let’s take a look at a few different procedures and how their recovery times have gone down in recent years.

Oregon`s COVID Death Toll Rises to 22

Non-medical masks can supplement but not replace Stay Home, Save Lives.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - COVID-19 has claimed one more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 22, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 8 a.m. today.

Oregon’s 22nd COVID-19 death is a 71-year old man from Polk County, who tested positive on March 19 and died April 2 at Salem Hospital.

Should COVID-19 Treatment Involve Ventilators Being Reprogrammed Because of Damage to Lungs?

"COVID does not appear to be a pneumonia, instead resembles something similar to high altitude sickness. We are treating the wrong disease." -Dr. Sidell

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - I recently began following Dr. Sidell on Twitter and was struck by his first-hand accounts of treating patients with COVID-19 on the front lines at hospitals in New York.

This is in no way an endorsement of the protocols this young emergency department physician suggests -- it is more of an eye-opening challenge to question and determine for yourself if we need to rethink the treatment of COVID-19 before it is too late.

Oregon Announces 8 New COVID-19 Cases

“High risk” includes adults 60+, or anyone with a serious health condition (ie: lung or heart problems, kidney disease, diabetes, or suppressed immune system).

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Oregon now has a total of 47 people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19. The Oregon Health Authority announced eight new cases of the novel coronavirus as of 10:30 a.m. today.

OHA is reporting 2 new cases each in Benton and Deschutes Counties; and 1 new case in each of the following counties: Clackamas, Marion, Multnomah and Washington.

Online or Mail Order Pharmacy in the U.K: Everything You Should Know

First tip: Only shop from an MHRA-registered online pharmacy

(SALEM, Ore.) - Online pharmacies can either operate as an extension of a stationary pharmacy, hospital, or as an independent entity. One thing in common to all, they offer a more convenient way for patients to order prescriptions. Are online pharmacies legal? Are they safe? These are questions answered in this article.

More than 2 million residents of the U.K. buy drugs via online pharmacies. Online pharmacies are considered more convenient by many because it fundamentally removes the need for traveling to a drugstore.

Shingles Gets You When You`re Down

The painful virus is something most of us know nothing about, until it’s too late.

(SALEM, Ore.) - If the threat of a shingles diagnosis worries you, then you already know more than most people about this painful virus.

There are an estimated 1 million cases of shingles each year in this country. Almost one out of three people will develop shingles in their lifetime, and it is pretty awful.

Life and Death Struggle for the Children of Syria

No one can help every Syrian child during the continuing carnage in their beloved country. But everyone can have the honor of fulfilling the solemn duty of each of us--to help someone.

(DAMASCUS, Syria) - Ten-year old Ghina Wadi had another of what hopefully will be a leg saving operation last Friday. She has spent the past seven months often in unbearable pain, which for the first month was periodically relieved for only approximately 15 minutes at a time- by heavy injections of morphine.

Ghina was shot by a sniper on 8/2/2016 on the main street in Madaya at the Abdel Majed checkpoint when she was on her way to buy medicine for her mother, Sahar. Her accompanying seven-year-old sister Nagham was also injured in her hand and arm.

Linn County Looking for Search and Rescue Recruits Ages 14-18

Applicants must attend a recruit meeting at the Sheriff's Office on April 11th or May 9th

(ALBANY, Ore.) - Successful applicants will be eligible to attend the 11 day Search and Rescue Training Academy in June.

The training will include classes in wilderness survival, shelter building, search tactics, first aid/CPR, map and compass reading, rappelling, and many more topics. There will also be a three day field exercise in the Cascades that include a 20 mile hike.

Oregon Cases of E. Coli Linked to Chipotle Now at 12

Chipotle has closed at least 14 of its restaurants in the Portland metro area

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The Oregon Health Authority is reporting a total of 12 cases of Shiga toxin E. coli linked to eating at Chipotle restaurants in the Portland Metro area, up from three cases that were first reported October 31.

Among the cases, three were hospitalized, Katrina Hedberg, MD, state health officer with OHA’s Public Health Division, said during a media briefing today.