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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Rural Health ‘Hero of the Year’ announced
September 21, 2011
Pat Neal of Depoe Bay, Ore., has been awarded the 2011 Hero of the Year Award by the Oregon Office of Rural Health at Oregon Health & Science University. The award is given annually to an individual who has had a major impact on rural health in ...
Bob and Charlee Moore of Bob's Red Mill commit to donate $25 million to launch OHSU nutrition institute
September 16, 2011
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) today announced a $25 million philanthropic partnership with Bob and Charlee Moore — founders of Milwaukie-based Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods — to confront what is widely considered to be the world's greatest ...
FEI, OHSU partner to create a ‘Living Lab for Cell Biology’ with high-performance electron microscopes for disease research
September 13, 2011
FEI and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) today announced a partnership to create the OHSU/FEI Living Lab for Cell Biology that will provide researchers with several state-of-the-art electron microscopes to advance the understanding and ...
OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital wins $100,000 grant from Hyundai Hope On Wheels
September 09, 2011
Hyundai Hope on Wheels and local dealers will today award OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital with a $100,000 Hope Grant to support research related to early relapse detection for acute myelogenous leukemia. OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital is ...
First 1,000 days after conception predict level of chronic disease later in life
August 31, 2011
It’s not just poor lifestyle choices or bad genes that lead to serious health problems, it’s what happens in the womb that predicts most, if not all, chronic disease later in life, according to a team of leading-edge clinicians and scientists studying ...
Malignant stem cells may explain why some breast cancers develop and recur
August 16, 2011
Mutations that are found in stem cells could be causing some breast cancers to develop and may be the reason the disease recurs. These abnormal cells are likely controlling cell functions in the tumor and, given they are not targeted by chemotherapy ...
American Indian physician group continues to tackle health problems in Native populations
August 04, 2011
As a group, American Indians suffer some of the worst health disparities in the United States. American Indians die at higher rates than the U.S. population as a whole from: tuberculosis (500 percent higher); alcoholism (514 percent higher) and ...
Scientists identify what makes us feel ‘bad’ when we’re sick, how to treat it
August 02, 2011
A signaling system in the brain previously shown to regulate sleep is also responsible for inducing lethargy during illness, according to research conducted at Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. This research is ...
OHSU patients, staff team up to raise funds for children’s cancer research
July 26, 2011
Editors: The CureSearch Walk — Portland opening ceremony begins at 9 a.m. with remarks from Brian Druker, M.D., director of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, and Portland Mayor Sam Adams. The 2-mile walk takes place along the Springwater corridor in ...
Dr. Albert Starr takes on new role at OHSU
July 22, 2011
Albert Starr, M.D., best known for co-inventing and implanting the world’s first successful artificial heart valve, is taking on a new role at OHSU as special adviser to OHSU Dean of Medicine Mark Richardson, M.D., M.B.A., and OHSU President Joe ...