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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Exercise during pregnancy decreases costs, improves outcomes in obese women: study
February 15, 2017
Between morning sickness and lack of sleep, it may be the last thing pregnant women want to do, but research conducted at OHSU shows exercise in pregnancy pays off.
Mole Mapper app ‘crowd-sources’ photos for skin cancer research, prevention
February 14, 2017
Commenting on recent research findings from a team at Stanford University, Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D., director of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute’s Melanoma Research Program and chair of the Department of Dermatology in the OHSU School of Medicine, co-authored a Nature News and Views perspective that heralded artificial intelligence, or AI, an important step in the “final frontier” in cancer diagnosis.
Healing a broken heart: The emotional toll of living with a congenital heart defect
February 13, 2017
Approximately 40,000 babies are born each year in the United States with a congenital heart defect -- the most common type of birth defect -- but there’s good news: babies born with heart defects are living longer and healthier lives.
Medicare spent more than $650 million in two years on a drug prescribed by less than 1 percent of physicians: study
February 13, 2017
U.S. taxpayers spent more than $650 million in 2013 and 2014 on one medication with questionable usefulness prescribed by less than 1 percent of clinicians, according to new research by scientists with OHSU and the OHSU/Oregon State University School of Pharmacy in Portland.
Iranian infant Fatemeh Reshad to undergo heart surgery soon
February 10, 2017
Four-month-old Iranian infant Fatemeh Reshad will undergo heart surgery soon to treat a life-threatening congenital heart defect called transposition of the great arteries with ventricle septal defects, and pulmonary arterial hypertension, a condition if left untreated can cause irreversible damage to the lungs.
How to support baby Fatemeh, families receiving care at OHSU Doernbecher
February 08, 2017
Fatemeh Reshad, a 4-month-old baby from Iran receiving life-saving care at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, has inspired a tremendous outpouring of support from around the world.
Iranian infant Fatemeh Reshad arrives safely at OHSU Doernbecher
February 07, 2017
Baby Fatemeh Reshad arrived in Portland, Oregon, early Tuesday morning and has been admitted to OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. Physicians at OHSU Doernbecher are conducting a series of diagnostic studies and the early results are promising.
Women: Pump Up Your Iron
February 07, 2017
Experts encourage women to find out if they need to pump up their body's internal iron stores. Iron deficiency is common, especially in pre-menopausal women who lose blood during menstruation. In fact, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 20 percent of women younger than 50 are iron deficient.
MEDIA ALERT: OHSU Doernbecher to care for Iranian infant Fatemeh Reshad
February 04, 2017
A press conference will be held to provide information about Fatemeh Reshad, an infant from Iran with a life-threatening heart condition, who will be treated at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland, Oregon.
Saving baby Fatemeh
February 04, 2017
Four-month-old Fatemeh Reshad made headlines around the world this week after her family was denied access to United States, preventing her from receiving a heart procedure that would save her life. The child was recently granted an exemption and has now been cleared to come to OHSU for surgery.