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If you’ve joined a concierge medical practice, recent trends in the worlds of health care and insurance may have you feeling good about your decision. If you haven’t signed up with one of these practices—also called “boutique,” “personalized” or “private-physician” practices—some of those same trends may lead you to consider it down the road
Certainly, plenty of baby boomers have done the math…
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A 24-year-old woman who overcame cancer with the help of doctors at OHSU is now back on campus in a much different role. Shira Einstein was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma when she was just 15 years old.I mean, that was overwhelming, t