The aorta is the body’s largest artery and carries blood from the heart to all vital organs and the legs and feet. An aneurysm is an abnormal area of localized widening of a blood vessel. ...continue reading.

As a burly and intense Mark Morris basketball and football player, Alex Spencer was a brute in competition. After graduation in 2002, however, Alex showed a different side. He attended Con ...continue reading.

Very frequently, snippets of humor contain some deep thinking. See below: 1. A day without sunshine is like night. 2. On the other hand, you have different fingers. 3. 42.7 percent of ...continue reading.

Just in time, the Kirkpatrick family shipped 30 cornets, 8 music stands and various music books to Brian House, leader of HOPE FOR HAITI (www.hopeforhaiti.com). The instruments, all cleaned, ...continue reading.

Following is the article from the Longview School District Newsletter re: Dr. Kirkpatrick and his boyhood friend Steve Bailey of Los Angeles, combining their efforts to get two nearly new ce ...continue reading.

Over the past year, the Clinic has sponsored many Basketball Clinics with former NBA and Division 1 basketball coach Dave Harshman, of Tacoma. Topics covered include: Shooting fundamentals ...continue reading.

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Obesity also causes a number of medical disorders that affect the patient as well as the patient’s family and friends in an indirect way. Click on the image to download a flier about ̶ ...continue reading.

By Richard A. Kirkpatrick, MD Reference: http://cme.medscape.com/viewarticle/702303?src=cmemp Last month, pancreatic cancer took yet another former Longview resident, Dr. Karen Johnson Freez ...continue reading.

By Dr. Richard A. Kirkpatrick Some authorities believe that 50 million Americans have chronic pain that is poorly controlled. Obviously, it’s no big deal if you have a little stiffnes ...continue reading.