Brian Druker, M.D., responds to the Knights' transformational gift Oregon Health & Science University today announced that Philip H. and Penny Knight have pledged to give $100 million to the OHSU Cancer Institute. The Nike founder's gift – the largest ...

Life Raft Group (LRG), the prominent patient-based organization dedicated to ensuring the survival and well-being of patients and families living with a deadly cancer called gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), today presented $360,000 in research ...

New research at Oregon Health & Science University reveals millions of children from low- to middle-income families are going without health insurance, even when at least one parent has private health insurance through his or her employer. “They just ...

Oregon Health & Science University is launching a new Web site in preparation for another set of claims by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA.) Late last year, a PETA employee who gained employment at OHSU made claims about OHSU’s ...

Gary Westbrook, M.D, senior scientist and co-director of the Vollum Institute at Oregon Health & Science University, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Westbrook, also a professor of neurology in the OHSU School ...

. The National Institutes of Health has awarded $4 million to a group of Philippine and American scientists led by Oregon Health & Science University to aid in the discovery of new molecules and biofuels technology from marine mollusks for development ...

A study conducted by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University shows that one out of four people who request lethal medications under Oregon’s assisted suicide law may suffer from depression. The prevalence of depression suggests that mental ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced a grant of approximately $40 million over five years to the Pacific Northwest Center for the National Children's Study at the University of Washington to partner with Washington State University, ...

Researchers have identified a gene associated with the dry form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common form of the disease. Several genes have been associated with the disease, but this is the first to be associated solely with the ...

OHSU is seeking veterans to participate in a study to determine if mind-body medicines such as neuro-feedback, meditation, and other complementary therapies are effective for treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). “Mind-body medicine appears ...