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.

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.

By Marcie Malone Your colon (also known as the large intestine) is the lower part of your digestive tract. Your rectum is the last 6 inches of the colon. Cancer in either of these two area ...continue reading.

By Richard Kirkpatrick, MD Remember how the State of Washington and various Federal Agencies and Advisories were going to save our children from obesity by banning sales of soda pop in schoo ...continue reading.

Milk – 105 calories Milk provides lots of essential nutrients, including protein, potassium, Vitamin D, and calcium. What you may not realize about milk is that a serving of 1% milk contai ...continue reading.

By Dr. Neal Kirkpatrick Nowadays, somewhere around 100,000,000 Americans are overweight or obese, via Body Mass Index Testing. Every diabetic patient who sees a dietician or RN diabetic e ...continue reading.

By Marcie Malone Your major weight-bearing muscle fibers begin to break down and weaken around age 40, and by the time you are 60, you will have lost at least 15% of the lean body mass you h ...continue reading.

Testicular Cancer · Testicular cancer grows rapidly and can spread significantly between annual physicals. · A simple self-examination can alert a patient to the presence of testicular ca ...continue reading.