Explore Volcanoes in Sunriver
To say that Sunriver's history started with a bang would be an understatement. The story of this much-loved resort community south of Bend began with millions of bangs that shook the world, built mountains, and ....
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Best Mountain Biking Trails in Sunriver
No summer vacation in the mountains would be complete without the sheer joy of rolling up and down an uneven, rocky trail while trying not to fall, pop a tire, or eat the bugs hovering ....
Managing meds can prevent drug interactions
Jane Mitchell takes four different prescription drugs each day. She takes one for blood pressure, one for cholesterol and one for osteoporosis. Then she takes another pill to treat heartburn the latter medication causes. ....
Piping a hero’s farewell
The first few bagpipe notes of “Amazing Grace" echoed across a hilltop at Prineville@apos;s Juniper Haven Cemetery, bringing a somber silence to Phillip T. Quinn@apos;s graveside service earlier this month "The highlanders believed we summoned ....
Planning death: Choices and dialogue at the end of life
Milton Buehner braved floodwaters in Houston to see an oncologist at one of the country’s leading cancer centers in May so he could learn more about his diagnosis of a rare form of renal cancer. ....
Reverse mortgages on the rise in Deschutes County
Frances and Ken Byrum faced a difficult choice last year when they lost a supplemental insurance plan that paid most of their medical bills. The couple, respectively 69 and 81, could pay the plan’s premiums ....
Living the Alzheimer’s Story
Living the Alzheimer's Story By Mac McLean [caption id="attachment_666" align="alignright" width="182"] Julianne Moore's Oscar-winning role in "Still Alice:" rings true for a Bend woman with early-onset Alzheimer's disease.[/caption] Christine H. Jones grabbed a copy of ....
Retirement community brewers take on Alzheimer’s
Three weeks ago, Joe Reeves peered into the small batch kettle at Worthy Brewing Company’s east Bend production facility and watched 155 gallons of the Aspen Ridge Retirement Community’s Machine Gun Maggie Imperial IPA boil at a steady ....
Drug Theft Affects Care
When he was confronted by police and his supervisors with some questionable medication records about nine months ago, Cole Elf, 28, of Bend, admitted he stole 40 prescription painkillers from a handful of residents at ....