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COVID-19 vaccine trial recruits Portland metro area residents
November 30, 2020
OHSU is the only Oregon site for Phase 3 clinical trial by AstraZeneca, Oxford University.
OHSU study will screen wastewater, test volunteers for coronavirus
November 18, 2020
If Portland study is successful, it could open opportunities for combined wastewater and saliva testing efforts in other communities.
OHSU Health offers guidance on testing for COVID-19
November 12, 2020
Testing plays a role in stopping the spread of the virus, so it's important for Oregonians to understand the purpose and limitations of different types of tests.
Age-related dementia focus of research at primate center
November 12, 2020
OHSU scientists search for potential treatments to reduce, reverse cognitive decline in older adults.
AstraZeneca selects OHSU Knight Cancer Institute as global ‘partner of choice’
October 29, 2020
OHSU will join the company’s global precision oncology network, enhance real-time information, knowledge sharing to benefit patients.
Former OHSU President Leonard Laster dies at age 92
October 27, 2020
Laster worked to establish the Vollum Institute and sought to raise the university’s profile as a national leader in medical research.
OHSU Invent-a-thon attracts hundreds of innovators worldwide
October 27, 2020
In a time of pandemic-related quarantines and shutdowns, online event coaxes entrepreneurs, health care professionals and other innovators to come together to collaborate on new ideas, technologies to address health care disparities, other pressing health care challenges.
New data-driven resource supports the well-being of children across the state
October 21, 2020
Gov. Kate Brown launches OHSU-administered Oregon Child Integrated Dataset to inform decision making, best serve families.
Evidence review confirms CDC guidance about infectivity of novel coronavirus
October 20, 2020
OHSU-led research scours 77 studies worldwide about length of time COVID-positive people may be infectious.
Less invasive ventilation use grows dramatically, without needed data
October 19, 2020
Researchers recommend clinical trials to assess noninvasive ventilation for cancer, dementia patients near end of life.
COVID-19 vaccine trial recruits Portland metro area residents
November 30, 2020
OHSU is the only Oregon site for Phase 3 clinical trial by AstraZeneca, Oxford University.
OHSU Health offers guidance on testing for COVID-19
November 12, 2020
Testing plays a role in stopping the spread of the virus, so it's important for Oregonians to understand the purpose and limitations of different types of tests.
Lefties in the White House?
April 26, 2019
Neurosurgeon publishes commentary on the preponderance of left-handed U.S. presidents.
Study shows tetanus shots needed every 30 years, not every 10
March 22, 2016
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University are challenging the convention that tetanus and diphtheria vaccine boosters need to be administered every 10 years. Their paper in Clinical Infectious Diseases recommends that the current adult ...
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.
Restricting Diet May Reverse Early-Stage Parkinson's
November 14, 2005
A new Oregon Health & Science University and Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center study suggests that early-stage Parkinson's disease patients who lower their calorie intake may boost levels of an essential brain chemical lost from the ...
Study suggests serotonin may worsen tinnitus
August 22, 2017
Study indicates that a common class of antidepressants may worsen tinnitus.
Study confirms that inflammation during pregnancy is linked to baby’s brain
April 09, 2018
A machine-learning algorithm can predict long-term brain impact, and may identify early treatment opportunities for children.
Key to Oregon: Study transition
August 27, 2020
OHSU ends COVID-19 study, supports ongoing conversations between Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Decolonizing Research and Data Council and Governor’s office to better understand disproportionate impacts of the virus within communities of color and urban-based Indians and Tribes.
Research: Face-to-face socializing more powerful than phone calls, emails in guarding against depression in older adults
October 04, 2015
In a slight knock on digital and telephone communications, a new study points to the unsurpassed mental health benefits of regular face-to-face social interactions among older adults.