Oregon Women’s Report Movie Review, The movie Extraordinary Measures carries a special gift from Oregon and to Oregon.  The film starring Harrison Ford and Brenden Fraiser is a story of an iconoclast scientist who teams up with an entrepreneur dad desperately trying to save his two kids with Pompe disease.  […]

How My Fertility Struggle Became An Adoption Journey: Part 1 By Erika Weisensee, MIwaukie Writing Mom It is odd to find yourself in a place you never expected to be in. That’s how I felt last June when my husband Alex and I sat waiting in the lobby of a […]

By “Miss Nelson”, Salem Elementary Teacher, It was strange to come home from work today and read about the shooter in Tualatin who came to his estranged wife’s work and began shooting. My students and I had spent this week talking about Condition drills. These are the school shooter or […]

Sharon Lacey, Portland comedian I have a dirty little secret. I’m hooked on reality shows. There.  I’ve said it. I’m an intelligent woman, with a lot on my plate; a fun, full, busy life. But I still make time for Survivor. And I know I’m not alone. Amazing Race wouldn’t […]

HealthDay News — A new national survey finds that almost 27 percent of girls aged 12 to 17 were involved in serious fights or attacks on other girls within the previous year. “These findings are alarming,” SAMHSA administrator Pamela S. Hyde said in a news release. “We need to do […]

Holt International Responds to Crisis in Haiti Following Devastating Earthquake. EUGENE, OR Following reports of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti, Holt International staff immediately began attempts to contact Holt staff in Haiti at Holt Fontana Village, a child care center and compound approximately 40 miles north of Port-au-Prince. Within […]

By Christina Rainey, Oregon mom Shortly after Lauren’s single birthday candle was blown out and the strawberry cake was gobbled up with pink plastic utensils, I realized that I was the mom of a toddler – and things will never be the same.  Of course, I should have known that […]

I Run Because I Can—My Thirty Year Journey with Multiple Sclerosis By Olivia Rossi, RN, MSN, ACSM Your Personal Trainer It was January, thirty years ago in Richmond, Virginia.  My baby was six weeks old and there was something wrong.  I was going blind in my left eye.  It started […]

How young is “too young” when it comes to kids with cell phones? By Kelli Warner, KMTR-TV Morning News anchor, Springfield When we posted those questions on our KMTR-TV Facebook page recently, the responses poured in immediately. Here’s the reality: according to research from the Yankee group, more than 50% […]