1999 News Releases |
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December 1999
• Annual Ski Race Benefits Eye Research at Casey Eye Institute -- 29
• OHSU Researchers Take Steps To Genetically Modify Monkeys for the Research of Human Disease -- 23
• Oregon Girl Leaves Hospital After Successful Stem Cell Transplant for Arthritis -- 20
• OHSU Occupational Health Program Joins Respected International Coalition -- 17
• OHSU Receives $1.8 Million Grant From the Howard Hughes Medical Institute -- 15
• Tuality and OHSU Partnership Expands Cancer Services in Western Wash. Co. -- 13
• Center for Healthy Aging Gets $1 Million Boost from Federal Government -- 10
• Campaign for Women's Health Awards First Round of Grants -- 9
• Researchers Study Melatonin and Light Treatment for Winter Depression -- 7
• OHSU Researcher Announces Dramatic Breakthrough in Treatment of Leukemia -- 3
November 1999
• OHSU Researchers Study Benefits of Treatments Within Hours of Stroke -- 30
• Two Oregon Scientists to Receive Discovery Awards for Work in Biomedical Research; Mentor Award to Honor Medical School Dean -- 30
• OHSU Collaborates with Portland Police and Multnomah County District Attorney on Teen Gun Violence Program -- 24
• Researchers Find Genetic Link Between Vascular Disease and Herpes Virus -- 23
• Oregon Girl Receives One of the First Stem Cell Transplants for Arthritis -- 23
• North Bend Native Heads OHSU Heart Surgery Program -- 23
• Study Defines Link Between REDUX Diet Drug and Heart Valve Disease -- 22
• OHSU Participates in Drug Trial for Diabetics with Eye Problems -- 19
• OHSU Delivers Nursing Programs to Rural Students -- 18
• $15 Million NIH Grant Fuels OHSU Clinical Research -- 17
• OHSU'S Kidney Transplant Program Celebrates its 40th Anniversary -- 17
• OHSU Steps Up Pace of Heart Transplants -- 16
• OHSU Hospital Recognized for its Successful Trauma and Head Injury Programs -- 16
• Nurses Ratify OHSU Contract -- 13
• OHSU Studying Vitamin D as Treatment for Prostate Cancer -- 10
• OHSU Implants Revolutionary Heart Device -- 8
• Oregon's State Capitol Exhibits 100 Years of Dental School History -- 6
• OHSU Student Receives National Honors for Liver Disease Discovery -- 2
October 1999
• Woman Pregnant After Selecting Healthy Embryo -- 29
• Oregon Poison Center and OHSU Urge Halloween Caution -- 28
• OHSU Receives National Honors -- 28
• OHS Foundation Trustees Announce Two Key Appointments -- 26
• OHSU Breaking Ground in Pelvic Floor Research -- 21
• World Cup Soccer Champ Shannon MacMillan Visits OHSU -- 21
• OHSU to Study Cause and Treatment of Male Osteoporosis -- 15
• Christopher Reeve's Physician Visits OHSU -- 14
• Internet Health Care Topics Explored at OHSU Web Conference -- 13
• Local Consumers Give OHSU Hospital High Marks -- 8
• Oregon Providers and Researchers Collaborate on Drug Abuse Treatment -- 1
• First Treatments For Male Osteoporosis Show Positive Results -- 1
September 1999
• New Alternative Medicine Center Opens at OHSU - 30
• Japanese Delegates Help School of Dentistry Celebrate 100th Anniversary - 28
• Oregon's Only Dental School Celebrates 100th Anniversary with Open House -- 28
• Lower Death Rate in Oregon Hospitals Linked to Better Care - 23
• OHSU Scientists Locate "Fat Thermostat" in Brain - 23
• Screening Recommended for Familial Heart Disease - 22
• OHSU Pediatrician Working to Help Combat Child Abuse - 21
• OHSU Researchers Test Medication That Targets Fever Without Side Effects - 21
• Portland-area research institutions to build onramp to Internet2 network - 14
• OHSU Researchers Discover Breast Cancer Gene Inhibitor - 13
• OHSU Researcher Studies Possible Negative Impacts of Long-Term Soccer Play - 7
• Lance Armstrong to Visit OHSU - 7
August 1999
• Bicycle Safety Awareness Night Honors Bike Crash Survivors and Promotes Helmet Safety - 31
• One of First Bone Marrow Transplants for Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis in the United States is Approved for Oregon Girl - 26
• 12-Year-Old Oregon Girl is First Child to Receive New Bone Growth Material in Her Skull - 20
• U.S. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert and Rep. Greg Walden to Visit OHSU - 20
• OHSU Helps Paralyzed Guatemalans - 11
• OHSU Receives $3.6 Million for First Study to Investigate Effectiveness of Random Drug Tests on High School Athletes - 10
• Local Health Care Systems Collaborate to Battle a Deadly Vascular Disease - 10
• Summer Workshop Focuses on Oregon's Aging Population - 5
• OHSU Researchers Help Unlock Genetic Secrets of "Overheating" Disorder - 2
• OHSU Celebrates 338th Heart Transplant - 2
July 1999
• OHS Foundation Names New Development Director - 29
• Graduate Nurse Training Program Expands - 22
• First Annual Doernbecher Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Picnic Launches Family Support Network - 21
• U.S. News Ranks OHSU Hospital Among Top U.S. Hospitals - 19
• Organ Transplant Recipients and Their Families Will Celebrate at OHSU's 10TH Annual Transplant Picnic -15
• Teens Joins Elderly to Reduce Traumatic Injuries - 14
• Teatro Milagro and OHSU to Offer Performance on Breast Cancer Prevention and Survival - 14
• H. Storm Floten, M.D., Named Head of Cardiopulmonary Surgery - 12
• Participants Sought for New Laser Eye Treatment Study - 7
• New Procedure Offers Relief from Chronic Back Pain - 2
• Researchers Find Key Brain Cell Communications Link -1
June 1999
• Study Finds HMO Emergency Instructions Confusing - 30
• Dentists of the Future Get a Head Start at OHSU - 20
• OHSU Researcher Finds Signs of Brain Cell Growth - 18
• VA Cancer Research Center to Open June 24 - 18
• New Laser Procedure at Casey Eye Institute Treats Farsightedness - 17
• OHSU Dental School Graduates 100th Class
• Oregon Cancer Center at OHSU opens southern Oregon branch in Medford - 8
• Research projects at OHSU seek volunteers - 8
• Laboratory Mice Shown to be Influenced By Lab Environment - 3
May 1999
• June 2 is Oregon Poison Center Day at the State Capitol in Salem - 28
• Portland Area Health Systems Part of National Study to Help Prevent Breast Cancer for High-risk Women - 25
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Dental clinical research center opens at Oregon's only dental school - 24
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OHSU receives $6.5 million to fund studies on the health of adolescents and firefighters - 24
• OHSU School of Nursing Event Benefits Hispanic Midwifery Program - 20
• Hearing Tonight Lecture Focuses on Deaf Education in Other Countries - 7
• Doernbecher Hospital Recognized for Engineering Design - 7
April 1999
• Brain resolves sensory contradictions by creating its own reality - 26
• Oregon's terminally ill patients more likely to have end-of-life choices respected, study finds - 26
• Fourth Annual OHSU Women's Health Conference - 14
• Recent Studies May Hold Key to Chronic Pain Relief - 14
• New Drug Therapies Help Women Cope with PMS - 14
• Two Physician Scientists Awarded Grants to Pursue Women's Health Research at OHSU - 14
• OHSU Researchers Win $1.8 Million Award To Study Families with Age-Related Macular Degeneration - 13
March 1999
• Unlocking secrets of the body's inner clock; researchers discover key control mechanism for an area of the brain that regulates sleep - 16
• New study to explore possibility of delaying the onset of Alzheimer's Disease - 16
• Sharon Kitzhaber, Jill Thorne join Oregon Health Sciences Foundation Board - 9
• Doernbecher Children's Hospital Foundation Names New Officers - 9
• Visitors to Portland get a taste of 100 years of Oregon's only Dental Schoolπs history - 9
February 1999
• Physicians and patients get upper hand on cancer of the lymph nodes - 1
• Brace helps knee arthritis sufferers avoid surgery, improves quality of life - 1
• Newly discovered viral gateway into cells could play role in diagnosis and treatment of leukemia, hiv and other viral diseases - 1
Last updated Feb. 26, 2001 by University News and Publications.
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