Over-the-counter pill boosts access to contraception, OHSU study finds
Nationwide study documents 31% percentage point increase in people shifting from no birth control to the over-the-counter oral contraceptive.
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OHSU Research Findings Contradict Longstanding Bias Against The Use Of Morphine At The End Of Life
November 30, 2005
A report written by an OHSU physician with more than a half century of medical experience contradicts both public and professional bias against the use of morphine in the final stage of life for patients with breathing difficulties. Because large ...
OHSU Studies New Drug For Ovarian Cancer Patients
November 08, 2005
A new targeted, "silver bullet" drug is being given to women with ovarian cancer to improve their survival as part of a new study by an Oregon Health & Science University researcher and surgical oncologist. The drug, Telcyta, has been shown in animal ...
National Report Highlights Oregon Program That Allows Patients Greater Control Of Their Health Care
November 07, 2005
A national report highlights Oregon's Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) program as an effective tool in honoring individual treatment preferences near the end of life. The special Hastings Center Report, "End-of-Life Care: Why Has ...
Vitamin D, Taxotere Combination Extends The Lives Of Men With Advanced Prostate Cancer
November 02, 2005
Men with advanced prostate cancer who take an experimental, high-dose vitamin D pill with chemotherapy live about eight months longer than those receiving chemotherapy and placebo, according to a new study. The pill is DN-101. Designed specifically as ...
Doernbecher, Oregon Poison Center At OHSU Offer Tips For A Safe Halloween
October 24, 2005
Dressing up for Halloween is fun for children and parents, but it also can pose a hazard. To keep trick-or-treaters out of harm's way, Doernbecher Children's Hospital Safety Center and the Oregon Poison Center at OHSU offer some Halloween safety ...
Oregon's Only Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program Recruits New Director, Expands Clinical Research
October 19, 2005
Doernbecher Children's Hospital at Oregon Health & Science University has recruited one of the nation's leading experts in pediatric blood and bone marrow transplantation to direct the state's only Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program. Eneida ...
Options For Parkinson's Patients Abundant
September 08, 2005
Some people call it "the dark time," the period between when a person is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and when treatment with medication begins. Julie Carter, R.N., knows it all too well. The associate professor of neurology in the Oregon Health ...
Genetic Testing For Breast Or Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility Recommended Only For High-Risk Women
September 06, 2005
Primary care physicians should not routinely refer all women for genetic counseling and DNA testing to detect the presence of specific BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations that may be associated with breast or ovarian cancers, according to a new ...
OHSU Ophthalmologists Urges Regulation of Herbal and Nutritional Supplements
August 04, 2005
An editorial by an Oregon Health & Science University Casey Eye Institute researcher in the American Journal of Ophthalmology suggests herbal and nutritional supplements should be studied and regulated the same way as prescription medications. ...