Stories

Stigma continues to hamper response to opioid epidemic

By Erik Robinson January 10, 2018

Efforts to reverse the nation’s opioid epidemic remain beset by the stigma associated with drug use, a group of OHSU researchers write in a year-end review.

Pass the potassium to lower blood pressure

By Franny White January 09, 2018

A collaborative project will study how potassium-rich diets may help decrease blood pressure.

Activity monitors only effective when users set goals

By Franny White January 08, 2018

Activity monitors alone may not motivate users to be more active, but trackers can have an impact when users set specific goals.

Unlocking the brain’s amygdala

By Erik Robinson January 04, 2018

A $5 million grant will enable neuroscientists at the OHSU Vollum Institute to map circuits in the amygdala, the deep brain structure that contains circuitry critical for emotion.

OHSU accomplishments: The year in review

By Tamara Hargens-Bradley December 28, 2017

A sampling of OHSU's accomplishments in 2017.

OHSU to provide new, FDA-approved gene therapy for a form of blindness

By Franny White December 26, 2017

OHSU will be one of just four institutions nationwide to initially provide a new gene therapy treatment for a form of blindness that affects both children and adults.