The Mudroom

Mission: Possible

An Amity inventor’s revolutionary prosthetic knee gives amputees hope—and the chance to fly.

02/02/2010 By Jill Davis

Top Docs 2010

Team Trauma

They're the subject of TV melodramas, they see us on our worst days. We asked the emergency room doctors of our Top Docs list to tell us what it takes to work in the ER, what they love about their job, and which patients they'll never forget.

12/15/2009 By Kasey Cordell and Randy Gragg With Brian Barker

Feature

Top Doctors 2010

Our annual list of Portland’s Top Docs in 73 specialties

12/11/2009

Genetics

Branch Science

Oregon State University researcher Steve Strauss is engineering trees that might help save the planet. So why do so many greenies want to stop him?

12/11/2009 By David Wolman

Article

Ski Buddies

Hooking up with the Mount Hood Ski Patrol

12/02/2009

Mudroom

Pickup Schtick

Singles coach Alma Rubenstein knows dating. Portland apparently does not

11/09/2009 By Betsy Rothstein

Slideshow

Slide Show: Hoop There It Is!

09/28/2009

Web Exclusive

Hoop There It Is!

Getting back to the basics with hula hooping.

09/28/2009

Mudroom

Does Portland's New Bike Plan Measure Up to Our City's Cycling Reputation?

One urban planner says not quite.

09/10/2009 By Randy Gragg

Mudroom

Gray Matters

Oregon: Brains are different here

08/18/2009 By Kasey Cordell

Aging

Wired Science

In one OHSU study, even the smallest actions of older Portlanders may yield critical clues about how we age.

05/19/2009 By Tom Colligan

Aging

The New Old

As Portland’s senior population grows, local scientists, entrepreneurs, and renegade citizens are redefining what it means to age in style.

05/19/2009 By Tom Colligan, Randy Gragg, and Camas Davis

Article

Tell Us about Your Pet Pup

…or cat, or fish, or ferret. How do you care for the critter you love?

05/19/2009

Aging

Vital Signs

If you must grow old (and sorry, you must), you may be in the right place.

05/19/2009 By Camas Davis

Article

Mind the Gap

Buying green sure sounds like a good idea. But it’s also a luxury not everyone has.

05/19/2009 By Camela Raymond

Article

Mother’s Helper

Award-winning doula Christy Hall talks about jailhouse births, modern feminism, and the postpartum watercooler.

05/19/2009 By Randy Gragg

Article

Power From the People

A Northeast Portland gym charges up with green energy—and sweat.

05/19/2009 By John Chandler

Try It

Proven Practice?

Researchers put alternative medicine to the test.

05/19/2009 By Camela Raymond

Medicine

Footing the Bill

Oregon insurance carriers say yes to alternative medicine.

05/19/2009 By Camela Raymond

Alternative Medicine

Hippocrates, meet Lao-Tzu

From angioplasty to acupuncture, today everything's on the table.

05/19/2009 By Chris Lydgate