Stories

Is Internet Addiction a Mental Disorder?

March 18, 2008

An OHSU psychiatrist has proposed that Internet addiction and other compulsive uses of the computer be officially listed in a manual used by psychiatrists worldwide to diagnose mental disorders. The editorial, written by Jerald Block, M.D., (faculty ...

Is Internet Addiction a Mental Disorder?

March 18, 2008

An OHSU psychiatrist has proposed that Internet addiction and other compulsive uses of the computer be officially listed in a manual used by psychiatrists worldwide to diagnose mental disorders. The editorial, written by Jerald Block, M.D., (faculty ...

Selective Reporting of Antidepressant Trials Exaggerates Drug Effectiveness

January 16, 2008

Selective publication in reporting results of antidepressant trials exaggerates the effectiveness of the drugs, according to a report in the January 17 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The report’s primary author is Erick Turner, M.D., ...

Selective Reporting of Antidepressant Trials Exaggerates Drug Effectiveness

January 16, 2008

Selective publication in reporting results of antidepressant trials exaggerates the effectiveness of the drugs, according to a report in the January 17 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The report’s primary author is Erick Turner, M.D., ...

Methadone Even at Therapeutic Levels Can Kill

January 09, 2008

Methadone is a possible cause of sudden cardiac death even when it isn’t overdosed but is taken at therapeutic levels primarily for relief of chronic pain or drug addiction withdrawal, a new study by Oregon Health & Science University researchers ...

Methadone Even at Therapeutic Levels Can Kill

January 09, 2008

Methadone is a possible cause of sudden cardiac death even when it isn’t overdosed but is taken at therapeutic levels primarily for relief of chronic pain or drug addiction withdrawal, a new study by Oregon Health & Science University researchers ...

OHSU Invited to Join Some of the World's Most Respected Research Institutions by Forming a Florida-Funded Infectious Disease Research Institute

January 08, 2008

Oregon Health & Science University is one of a select group of internationally regarded institutions that have been invited to build and operate satellite research facilities entirely funded by, and based in, the state of Florida. The Scripps Research ...

OHSU Invited to Join Some of the World's Most Respected Research Institutions by Forming a Florida-Funded Infectious Disease Research Institute

January 08, 2008

Oregon Health & Science University is one of a select group of internationally regarded institutions that have been invited to build and operate satellite research facilities entirely funded by, and based in, the state of Florida. The Scripps Research ...

OHSU Researchers Reveal the Science of Shivering

December 17, 2007

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University’s Neurological Sciences Institute have uncovered the system that tells the body when to perform one of its most basic defenses against the cold: shivering. The scientists have discovered the brain’s ...