Giving the gift of time
April 25, 2017
More than 1,400 individuals currently volunteer their time in support of OHSU’s health care, education and research missions.
Study: Tiny bubbles, ultrasound could prevent amputations
April 17, 2017
A study published in the journal Circulation shows that injecting microbubbles into the blood streams of mice and human subjects and then performing an ultrasound on a leg can increase blood flow, which could promote healing and save limbs from amputation.
The biggest risk factor for heart disease? Diabetes
March 22, 2017
Kent Thornburg, Ph.D., has taken an unconventional approach to fighting chronic disease. On any given day, you can find him evangelizing this tenet: your risk for chronic diseases such as heart disease was determined before you were even born. As part of American Diabetes Association Alert Day and National Nutrition Month, read what he has to say about the biggest threats to good nutrition and heart health.
Healing a broken heart: The emotional toll of living with a congenital heart defect
February 13, 2017
Approximately 40,000 babies are born each year in the United States with a congenital heart defect -- the most common type of birth defect -- but there’s good news: babies born with heart defects are living longer and healthier lives.
National Wear Red Day: What heart doctors want women to know
February 03, 2017
Heart disease is still the No. 1 killer of women nationwide, causing 1 in 3 deaths per year. Yet misperceptions about cardiovascular disease persist.
What’s in a zip code? Your health, as it turns out
January 31, 2017
David Bangsberg M.D., M.P.H., wanted to be a neuroscientist. But two years into medical school at Johns Hopkins University, he traded his full-ride scholarship in the M.D./Ph.D. neuroscience program for a career in public health.
New genome-mapping technique opens new avenues for precision medicine
January 30, 2017
OHSU scientists have uncovered a method for quickly and efficiently mapping the genome of single cells within the body. Their findings, published Jan. 30 in the journal Nature Methods, clears the way for a significant advance in precision medicine, including cancer and many other disease areas.
Low-dose aspirin may slow growth of colon, pancreatic cancer cells
January 19, 2017
An OHSU and Oregon State University study finds aspirin may slow the spread of some types of colon and pancreatic cancer cells, Their findings are published in the American Journal of Physiology—Cell Physiology.
Your doctor will see you now -- in the kitchen
December 06, 2016
Preventive cardiologist Sergio Fazio, M.D., Ph.D., takes his place behind the stove in OHSU’s demonstration kitchen. Sitting on the other side of the kitchen island are rows of cardiology patients who have signed up to be part of a monthly cooking class at the OHSU Knight Cardiovascular Institute, or KCVI.
Cholesterol lowering drugs cut risk of a first heart attack or stroke
November 15, 2016
An analysis of data from 19 clinical trials, led by the OHSU Pacific Northwest Evidence-Based Practice Center, found that using statin drugs provided wide-ranging prevention benefits without significantly increasing the risk of serious side effects in people who have not had a previous heart attack or stroke.
