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IN GOOD HEALTH: Booze
OIOpublisher By Linda Tate, Communications Director, Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation This week, we are going to talk about Alcohol. Booze, ETOH, juice, liquid courage, suds, ahhhh, alcohol…you are a drug of many…
In Good Health: Bipolar Disorder
By Linda Tate, Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation Communications Director This week we are going to talk about Bipolar Disorder. You may recall seeing meme’s that say things like, “The weather is Bipolar.”…
IN GOOD HEALTH: Concussions. They aren’t just for football anymore.
By Linda Tate, Communications Director, Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation With football season here, I had a mom reach out and ask me to clear up the issue of concussions for her. While…
IN GOOD HEALTH: The Mind-Body-Spirit Approach
By Linda Tate, Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation Communications Director We are going to talk about Osteopathic Medicine, and the Mind-Body-Spirit approach. I’ve had many people ask me about DO’s (Doctors that practice…
IN GOOD HEALTH: Elder Abuse in America
EDITOR’S NOTE: Last week, Linda Tate shared her personal story about the recent loss of her father and the shocking discovery that he was not receiving adequate care. Here she shares more…
In Good Health: Goodbye, Dad
By Linda Tate, Communications Director, Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation This week, I had planned to write a blog on Methamphetamine use. It was halfway done when I got the late night call…
In Good Health: Trauma Informed Care
By Linda Tate, Communications Director, Northwest Osteopathic Foundation This week, we are going to examine the concept of trauma. What it is, what causes it, and how it informs our behaviors. The…
IN GOOD HEALTH: Heroin vs. Prescription Opioids
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Tillamook County Pioneer started publishing the column “In Good Health” by the Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation in June 2018. We were proud that NWOMF selected the Pioneer as a…
IN GOOD HEALTH: Epstein-Barr – A Myth or a Serious Reality?
By Linda Tate, Communications Director, Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation We hope you enjoyed the holiday break as much as we did at the Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation. Happy New Year, and let’s…