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OHSU study breaks new ground in understanding drug-induced deafness

November 30, 2011

Peter Steyger's research on hearing is very personal. That's because Steyger — a research scientist with the Oregon Hearing Research Center at Oregon Health & Science University — is deaf. Now Steyger has published groundbreaking research that is as ...

OHSU study breaks new ground in understanding drug-induced deafness

November 30, 2011

Peter Steyger's research on hearing is very personal. That's because Steyger — a research scientist with the Oregon Hearing Research Center at Oregon Health & Science University — is deaf. Now Steyger has published groundbreaking research that is as ...

Loss of weight associated with chronic illness may soon have first treatment

November 14, 2011

Patients with cancer, heart disease and other chronic illness struggle not only with complications inherent to their disease, they also experience an involuntary loss of weight and muscle mass triggered by the body’s natural response to infection and ...

Loss of weight associated with chronic illness may soon have first treatment

November 14, 2011

Patients with cancer, heart disease and other chronic illness struggle not only with complications inherent to their disease, they also experience an involuntary loss of weight and muscle mass triggered by the body’s natural response to infection and ...

Medical Research Foundation announces 2011 award winners

November 10, 2011

The Medical Research Foundation of Oregon has announced the recipients of its 2011 awards for scientific leadership and innovation in Oregon. The awards were presented Nov. 9 at a reception at Portland's Governor Hotel. Honorees The MRF presented a ...

Medical Research Foundation announces 2011 award winners

November 10, 2011

The Medical Research Foundation of Oregon has announced the recipients of its 2011 awards for scientific leadership and innovation in Oregon. The awards were presented Nov. 9 at a reception at Portland's Governor Hotel. Honorees The MRF presented a ...

First use of high-field MRI in developing brain reveals previously undetectable injuries

November 07, 2011

Pediatric neuroscientists at Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children’s Hospital are the first to use high magnetic field strength MRI to reveal tiny white matter injuries in the developing brain previously undetectable using standard ...

First use of high-field MRI in developing brain reveals previously undetectable injuries

November 07, 2011

Pediatric neuroscientists at Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children’s Hospital are the first to use high magnetic field strength MRI to reveal tiny white matter injuries in the developing brain previously undetectable using standard ...

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 ...