Diego Trujillo, 8, is happy to see his dentist. The William Walker Elementary School soon-to-be third-grader has visited the OHSU School of Dentistry’s Dr. and Mrs. Carl Rietman Pediatric Dentistry Clinic about 10 times since the beginning of the ...

The Oregon Health & Science University Transplant Program - one of the oldest, largest and most successful transplant programs in the United States - has transplanted its 5,000th organ. The recipient, Alicia Soine, 29, of Portland, received a ...

Data from an ongoing study designed to explore the biologic and clinical activity of cancer immunotherapy sipuleucel-T, or Provenge, in patients with early stage recurrent prostate cancer who have a rising serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) level, ...

Oregon Health & Science University has conducted the first prospective analysis of the burden of methamphetamines on emergency departments. The study analyzed data from all OHSU Emergency Department (ED) visits during a 20-week time period last ...

It is widely believed that emergency departments are being used for care that could better be provided in another, less expensive setting. Two Oregon Health & Science University researchers looked at this issue, one reviewing ED usage by Medicaid ...

Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute’s Brandon Hayes-Lattin, M.D., will join the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) in Washington, D.C., on Capitol Hill Wednesday, May 16, to demand that our nation’s leaders invest in resources, treatment ...

Wesley Schooler, M.D., has nimble fingers. They’re long and slender. When the plastic surgeon speaks to you, his fingers echo his statements with syncopated, expressive gestures. But it is at work where his fingers truly come to life, painstakingly ...

Unlike many traditional alcohol and drug dependence treatment programs, mainstream smoking cessation programs generally exclude spiritual practice and beliefs from the treatment process. But a study by Oregon Health & Science University Smoking ...