The director of Oregon Health & Science University's Program in Chemical Biology has been honored with a prestigious American Chemical Society award. Thomas Scanlan, Ph.D., professor of physiology and pharmacology in the OHSU School of Medicine, is ...

Mark Graham lays perfectly still on the treatment table in the newly expanded Oregon Health & Science University Radiation Oncology unit. The lower half of Graham's body is snuggled into a customized vacuum-lock cradle, much like a form fitting bean ...

A new study looks to evaluate doxycycline, a common antibiotic used to treat infections and acne, as a possible treatment in preventing or stopping unexpected menstrual bleeding in women who use continual hormonal contraception. The study is based at ...

Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute researchers want to know whether fish oil or green tea slow the growth of prostate cancer cells. Jackilen Shannon, Ph.D., M.P.H.,is looking for men whose physicians have recommended a repeat prostate ...

A study by an Oregon Health & Science University resident has found that only about one in four children with hypertension is diagnosed with the condition. The study is published in the current issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association ...

Oregon Health & Science University is the state's only medical center implanting a new artificial disc just approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treating degenerative cervical disc disease. Johnny Delashaw, M.D., professor of neurological ...

Clinical information technology systems - especially those known in the health care industry as computerized provider order entry (CPOE) systems - promise to improve health outcomes, reduce medical errors and increase cost efficiency, but hospitals ...

A group of bicyclists are attempting something nearly impossible for the average person. They will ride part or all of 1,000 miles from Bremerton, Wash., to San Francisco, Calif. They'll pedal about 100 miles a day for 10 days from Aug. 5 through Aug. ...

A new clinical trial at Oregon Health & Science University is examining whether therapeutic genes that hitch a ride with a harmless virus attracted to nerve cells can reduce Parkinson's disease symptoms. The year-long trial at OHSU and nine other ...

Officials from Oregon Health & Science University today announced a unique partnership between multiple units within OHSU, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, the institution’s two fundraising foundations, and the Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE ...