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Medical Research Foundation honors top Oregon scientists, mentors

November 17, 2014

The Medical Research Foundation of Oregon has announced the recipients of its 2014 awards for scientific leadership and innovation in Oregon. The awards were presented Wednesday, Nov. 12, at a reception in Portland. Honorees The Mentor Award was ...

Resveratrol supplements cause pancreatic problems in developing fetus

June 02, 2014

A widely available dietary supplement that had been considered safe — and that some claim provides anti-aging and other health benefits — caused significant developmental abnormalities in the pancreas of offspring of pregnant monkeys who were given ...

OHSU receives advanced certification as Comprehensive Stroke Center from The Joint Commission

March 27, 2013

The Oregon Stroke Center at Oregon Health & Science University’s Brain Institute has been recognized by The Joint Commission as being among a handful of elite providers of comprehensive stroke care in the nation. The Joint Commission has announced ...

OHSU study shows that a molecule critical to nerve cells increases dramatically during hypertension

December 05, 2012

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University’s School of Dentistry have made an important connection between a molecule critical to nerve cells and high blood pressure. Production of the molecule Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) appears ...

OHSU researchers develop new animal model for one of the least understood medical issues: ADHD

May 09, 2012

The number of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) cases in the United States are exploding. According to a 2011 statement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly one in 10 American children is diagnosed with the disorder. ...

OHSU receives additional Grand Challenges Explorations funding of novel approach to develop AIDS vaccine that blocks infection

May 09, 2012

Oregon Health & Science University researchers have received additional funding through Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to conduct AIDS vaccine research. The funding enables individuals ...

Research highlights pitfall of psychiatric drug development: Publication bias may provide physicians with an incomplete picture

March 20, 2012

Physicians who prescribe antipsychotic medications may be basing their decisions on incomplete information, according to new research published by scientists at Oregon Health & Science University. The study is published in PLoS Medicine, a ...

Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center to review bone growth product

December 05, 2011

Yale School of Medicine has chosen the Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center at Oregon Health & Science University as one of two research centers that will independently review all clinical studies of a controversial product used in spinal surgeries ...

OHSU study breaks new ground in understanding drug-induced deafness

November 30, 2011

Peter Steyger's research on hearing is very personal. That's because Steyger — a research scientist with the Oregon Hearing Research Center at Oregon Health & Science University — is deaf. Now Steyger has published groundbreaking research that is as ...

Loss of weight associated with chronic illness may soon have first treatment

November 14, 2011

Patients with cancer, heart disease and other chronic illness struggle not only with complications inherent to their disease, they also experience an involuntary loss of weight and muscle mass triggered by the body’s natural response to infection and ...

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