Targeted therapy stops a rare, joint-destroying tumor By Joe Rojas-Burke August 20, 2019 OHSU cancer researcher helped lead study finding first effective drug therapy for tenosynovial giant cell tumor, or TGCT.
Occupational therapist with low vision helps her peers find independence By Franny White August 19, 2019 OHSU’s Kathryn Marxen-Simonson teaches use of tech, tools to improve quality of life.
Magnetic toys are harming our kids again By Sanjay Krishnaswami, M.D. August 16, 2019 There’s nothing polarizing about it; the products should be removed from homes, store shelves for good.
Hospital intervention raises likelihood patients will treat their addiction after discharge By Erik Robinson August 15, 2019 OHSU’s innovative in-hospital addiction program proves successful in engaging people in treatment.
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program at OHSU earns national accreditation By Franny White August 13, 2019 Knight Cardiovascular Institute has Oregon’s only Adult Congenital Heart Association-recognized program.
The power of creativity: Meet the 2019 Doernbecher Freestyle patient-designers By Tracy Brawley August 12, 2019 Celebrated program has raised nearly $24 million for children’s hospital; new collection of kid-designed Nike shoes, apparel to be revealed Nov. 8.
OHSU M.D. Class of 2023 dons their white coats, 'ushering in a ‘lifetime of public service’ By Erin Hoover Barnett August 09, 2019 The class is the school's most diverse class to date.
OHSU’s most diverse medical class to date will don white coats for first time By Franny White August 08, 2019 Annual White Coat Ceremony to be held Friday, Aug. 9, in Portland.
‘Bone in a dish’ opens new window on cancer initiation, metastasis, bone healing By Joe Rojas-Burke August 06, 2019 Like real bone, the material developed at OHSU has a 3D mineral structure populated with living cells, providing a unique model to study bone function, diseases, regeneration.
New computational method could advance precision medicine By Erik Robinson August 01, 2019 Technique could help diagnose, rectify a genetic defect with gene-editing tools such as CRISPR.