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OHSU nurses recognize one another’s accomplishments during pandemic, beyond
May 12, 2021
Hospital creatively celebrates National Nurses Week, May 6-12.
One in five pharmacies blocks access to key medication to treat addiction
April 26, 2021
New findings from the largest, most comprehensive study to date suggest opportunity to reduce stigma, roll back the national opioid epidemic.
10 truths about women, COVID-19 vaccines
April 22, 2021
OHSU Center for Women’s Health experts help separate fact from fiction.
Study explains ‘cocktail party effect’ in hearing impairment
April 21, 2021
New research from OHSU, VA Portland suggests new therapies for people with hearing loss.
Study suggests role of sleep in healing traumatic brain injuries
March 12, 2021
Technique developed at OHSU measures brain’s waste-clearance system through MRIs.
OHSU Invent-a-thon hosts investor panel March 10, Post-Hack April 21
March 01, 2021
Events continue the momentum of 500-person inaugural OHSU Invent-a-thon in October.
OHSU primary care center shares toolkit for launching community-based COVID-19 clinics
February 24, 2021
New guide is intended to provide a ‘vaccination clinic in a box’ for practices around the country.
New report calls for universal coverage of long-term care for older adults in U.S.
February 18, 2021
COVID-19 pandemic exposes flaws in American system for older adults in need in long-term services and supports.
Losing Obamacare protections during pandemic could increase health disparities
February 18, 2021
One-third of patients with COVID-19 did not have another health condition before 2020, study finds.
Understanding the aggressive breast cancers missed by mammogram screening
June 30, 2020
Research by OHSU, Oregon State University points to an aggressive form of breast cancer not detected readily by screening.
Study suggests serotonin may worsen tinnitus
August 22, 2017
Study indicates that a common class of antidepressants may worsen tinnitus.
Lefties in the White House?
April 26, 2019
Neurosurgeon publishes commentary on the preponderance of left-handed U.S. presidents.
OHSU performs first-ever CRISPR gene editing within human body
March 04, 2020
BRILLIANCE clinical trial aims to enable sight in people born with a blindness-causing mutation.
10 truths about women, COVID-19 vaccines
April 22, 2021
OHSU Center for Women’s Health experts help separate fact from fiction.
One in five pharmacies blocks access to key medication to treat addiction
April 26, 2021
New findings from the largest, most comprehensive study to date suggest opportunity to reduce stigma, roll back the national opioid epidemic.
OHSU expands COVID-19 hotline statewide
April 22, 2020
Line offers advice for patients without primary care, clinicians throughout Oregon.
Women responsible for most health decisions in the home
May 11, 2017
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, women make 80 percent of health care decisions in the United States. And because women are the main medical decision makers, primary care teams know conversations with women can have a significant impact on the health of the entire family.
Should patients be asleep or awake during brain surgery?
November 01, 2017
OHSU study indicates clinical outcomes for deep brain stimulation while patients are asleep are on par or better than surgery while awake.