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2004 OHSU News Archive
 
 
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Releases are listed in chronological order starting with the most recent. The number to the right of each listing refers to the date of the release.

December

  • Vollum Institute Discovery May Unlock Human Genome -- 28
  • OHSU Researcher Says FDA Could Broaden Access to Results of Clinical Drug Trials -- 28
  • Doernbecher Pediatric Emergency Team Provides Tips for Children's Winter Safety -- 23
  • OHSU'S Clinical Outcomes Research Initiative Receives $2.5 Million National Institutes of Health Grant -- 21
  • Archbold Receives Prestigious Gerontology Nursing Award -- 16
  • Meyer Memorial Trust Awards $1 Million Challenge Grant to OHSU Center for Women's Health -- 16
  • Oregon National Primate Research Center, OHSU Department of Comparative Medicine Honored With Full Accreditation From Respected International Animal Care Organization -- 10
  • Physicians' Gender and Patients' Socioeconomic Status Affect Decision to Perform C-Sections -- 9
  • OHSU Neurologist Applauds New Drug to Treat MS -- 8
  • OHSU Receives $1 Million NIH Grant to Develop Optical Instrumentation That Helps Visualize Hearing -- 8
  • Oregon's Only Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program Attracts High-Quality Students -- 7
  • OHSU Board of Directors Responds to Governor's Proposed Budget Cuts to University -- 7
  • Oregon Researchers Recognized for Outstanding Leadership, Scientific Contributions -- 2
  • VGTI Researchers Help Uncover Why Aging Reduces Immune System Function -- 1
  • OHSU Cancer Institute Researcher Named to Editorial Board Of Prestigious Journal -- 1

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    November

  • Study Focuses on Depression in People With Parkinson's -- 30
  • Oregonians Want More Public Health Research -- 23
  • OHSU $1.1 Million Grant Will Help Region's Employees Be Healthier -- 19
  • OHSU, PeaceHealth, UO to Explore Expanding Medical Education Program to Eugene-Springfield Area -- 19
  • Case Western's Yoo To Chair Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation; Colleague Johnstone Joins Faculty As Adjunct Professor -- 19
  • Two OHSU School Of Nursing Grants Aim To Improve Care For Rural Assisted-Living Patients -- 19
  • National Simulation Event Unveils Cutting-Edge Technology to Enhance Learning -- 18
  • New Class Teaches Optimal Breast Self-Exam Method for Women Concerned About Cancer -- 17
  • Army-Funded Effort Examines Androgen's Role in Bone Loss -- 16
  • Doernbecher Children's Hospital Patients Design Limited Edition Nike Shoes to Raise Money for Hospital Foundation -- 11
  • OHSU Cancer Institute Breast Health Education Program Unique in Broad-Based Teaching of New Recommendations -- 10
  • OHSU's Rosch to Receive American Heart Association Honor -- 8
  • NIH Awards OHSU $4 Million Biodefense Contract to Study Tuberculosis -- 1
  • OHSU Education Program Is First to Reduce Drug Use, Eating Disorders Among Female High School Athletes -- 1
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    October

  • OHSU Richmond Health Center Accepted Into Coalition to Better Help Uninsured Patients -- 27
  • OHSU OGI School Of Science & Engineering Adds New Faculty To Work On Human, Ecosystem Health -- 27
  • Treating Opiate-Addicted HIV Patients Goal of $1.5 M Grant -- 26
  • Oregon Rural Health Conference Honors Outstanding Health Care Workers -- 26
  • OHSU School of Nursing Associate Dean Earns Service Award for Rural Outreach to Underserved, Students Community -- 26
  • OHSU Scientists Identify Key Gene That Delays Female Puberty -- 24
  • Scientists Reveal Significant Behavioral Impacts of Early Life Stress, the Importance of Timed Therapies to Counteract Them -- 24
  • OHSU Study: Testosterone Deprivation Makes Men Forget -- 21
  • OHSU Study: Bacterial Switching Mechanism Key to Survival -- 19
  • OHSU Alzheimer's Center Part of NIH Neuroimaging Effort -- 15
  • Young Cancer Patients in Need of Additional Space Focus of This Year's Heart of Doernbecher Fund-Raiser -- 14
  • Rural Elderly Patients Will Benefit From Grant to Develop Master Medication List -- 14
  • Herbal, Nutritional Supplements Linked to Ocular Side Effects -- 13
  • OHSU Intercultural Psychiatric Program Receives Federal Funding to Support Treatment of Trauma, Torture Victims -- 11
  • Nurse-Researcher Picks Accurate, Safest Thermometers -- 6
  • John Raaf Day Lecture Features Boston Neurosurgeon -- 6
  • OHSU Researchers Study Sixth-Graders to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes -- 1
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    September

  • Kids With Cancer to Benefit from 'Heart of Doernbecher' Fund-Raiser -- 29
  • Doernbecher Study Finds Secure Web Site Is Effective Way to Communicate About Critically Ill Patients -- 29
  • Blind Sled-Dog Musher to Speak at Wellness Conference -- 23
  • OHSU Scientists Join First NIH Consortium to Conduct Emergency Medicine Research in the Community -- 22
  • Doernbecher Cancer Survivors to Unveil Nike Shoes They Designed; To Be Sold to Raise Money for Foundation -- 22
  • Doernbecher Holiday Cards Available in Holiday Stores -- 21
  • OHSU Family Medicine at Scappoose Gets Federal Help to Expand Its Care for Medicaid and Medicare Patients -- 21
  • Sherwood Man Drives Home Prize in Mustant Raffle to Benefit Doernbecher -- 16
  • Aloha High School Students Exhibit Spirit to Doernbecher Kids -- 16
  • Toxicology in Third World Settings Focus of Bend Meeting -- 16
  • OGI School Of Science & Engineering Hires Two New Faculty, Capitalizes On Interdisciplinary Research -- 15
  • OHSU Heart Researchers Analyze Community Deaths to Determine Incidence of Sudden Cardiac Arrest -- 14
  • OHSU to Collaborate With PNNL on Biodefense Project Studying Salmonella, Pox Viruses -- 14
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    August

  • Uterine Fibroid Embolization Performed at OHSU -- 31
  • New Doernbecher Program Helps Kids With Sleep Problems -- 31
  • OHSU-VAMC Study Sheds Light on Estrogen's Benefit for MS -- 26
  • OHSU Sets Combined Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Event -- 20
  • OHSU's Allen Chosen for National Accreditation Committee -- 20
  • OHSU Study Reveals While Few Oregonians Choose Physician-Assisted Suicide, Many Seriously Consider It -- 19
  • OHSU Study Finds Pelvic Floor Injury After Routine, Vaginal Childbirth -- 19
  • FDA-Approved "Corkscrew" May Expand Stroke Treatment -- 17
  • OHSU Hosts Free Hearing Health, Resource Fair -- 13
  • Parkinson's Disease Symposium Set for Patients, Families -- 13
  • OHSU Technologies Spur Record Number of Startups -- 12
  • Study in New England Journal of Medicine Shows Community Training With AEDs Doubles Survival -- 11
  • New OHSU Lab Will Speed Drug Discovery Process -- 10
  • OHSU Richmond Family Medicine Center Gets Federal Help to Expand Care for Medicaid, Medicare, Uninsured Patients -- 06
  • OHSU Launches New Biostatistics, Informatics Center -- 04
  • OHSU Researchers Find Correlation Between Abuse and Chronic Mental Health, Physical Problems in Women -- 04
  • Psychiatry Department Faculty Receive National Honors -- 03
  • March of Dimes and Doernbecher Launch new Neonatal Family Support Project -- 02

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    July

  • Tinnitus Patients Need Not Suffer in Silence -- 30
  • OHSU Announces Awards -- 28
  • OHSU School of Nursing Hartford Scholar Receives Genetics Writers Award -- 22
  • Cancer Specialist Selected As New Physician Leader for Doernbecher Children's Hospital -- 21
  • Oregon Tax Check-Off Program Funds 9 Alzheimer's Studies -- 20
  • OGI School of Science & Engineering Announces New Appointment and Award -- 20
  • Drug Prevents Chemotherapy-Induced Hearing Loss, Study Finds -- 19
  • OHSU Surgeon Named Editor-in-Chief of International Journal -- 15
  • Dementia Often Undiagnosed In Clinical Settings -- 14
  • VGTI Awarded $10 Million to Develop Vaccination Methods for Those Most Susceptible to BioTerrorist Attack, Natural Disease -- 14
  • Vollum Scientists Find New Form of Dopamine Transmission -- 13
  • Underserved, Minority Teens Get a Week to See Health Careers Up Close -- 12
  • Oregon Rural Students Get Hands-On Health Care Experiences During Medstars -- 8
  • Oregon Dental Association Donates $250,000 To New OHSU School Of Dentistry -- 8
  • Macrophages, Not Stem Cells, Correct Liver Disease By Fusion -- 7
  • OHSU Scientists Find Gene Influencing Drug Withdrawal -- 7
  • OHSU Researchers Begin One Of First Surveys About Osteoporosis In Older Rural Women -- 7
  • OHSU Researchers Study How Light Affects Patients With Dementia -- 6
  • OHSU, AFSCME Agree On Wages And Health Benefits -- 2
  • OHSU President to Receive Case's CEO Award -- 1
  • OHSU Announces Award, Appointment -- 1

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    June

  • State, Universities to Investigate Impact of Cuts to Oregon's Medicaid Program -- 30
  • OHSU Casey Eye Institute Offers Tips for Keeping Eyes Safe from Fireworks-Related Injuries -- 30
  • OHSU Fertility Consultants Get Top Ranking in National Magazine -- 30
  • OHSU Cancer Institute Researcher, Cancer Survivor to Ride with Lance Armstrong in Tour of Hope -- 28
  • OHSU Ethics Center Sponsors Conference on June 24 to Enhance Care at Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care Facilities in Central Oregon -- 23
  • Teen-Led Community Service Group Rewards OHSU Children's Psychiatric Day Treatment Center -- 22
  • New Therapy at OHSU Hospital Extends Heart Failure Patients' Lives -- 22
  • Drug Test at OHSU Prevents MS-Like Disease in Animals -- June 18, 2004
  • OHSU Now Offers Screening for Carriers of Cystic Fibrosis -- 16
  • OHSU Child Development and Rehabilitation Center Joins National Network to Improve Autisms Treatment -- 9
  • Kirby Dyess Named to OHSU Board of Directors -- 8
  • Yoga Reduces Fatigue in MS Patients, OHSU Study Finds -- 8
  • New Patient Tools Needed To Reliably Report Side Effects In Chemotherapy Clinical Trials -- 7
  • Researchers Unveil New Clinical Treatment in the Fight Against Gastointestinal Cancer-- 7
  • Negative Prostate Biopsy Doesn't Always Mean Cancer-Free-- 7
  • Estrogen Boosts Memory In Men With Prostate Cancer-- 7
  • New Study Links Common Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs To Reduced Prostate Cancer Risk -- June 7, 2004
  • New Study Shows Estrogen Patches Lower Cholesterol In Men With Prostate Cancer-- June 7, 2004
  • Increasingly Used Prostate Cancer Treatment Less Effective For Younger Men With Higher Grade Tumors-- 7
  • OHSU School of Nursing, Ashland, Commencement Set for June 12 -- 3
  • Single Gene Mutation Muddying Parkinson's Risk Forecasts -- 3
  • OHSU Neurologists Studying Fish Oil as Alzheimer's Therapy -- 2
  • OHSU Announces Several Appointments and Awards -- 2
  • New Rural Resource Center Gets to Roots of Problems -- 2

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    May

  • Graduate Students Begin to Find Jobs in Their Fields -- 28
  • Commencement Caps 9-Year Journey for School of Medicine Student -- 28
  • National Addiction Experts License OHSU Program for Teen Athletes -- 27
  • OHSU Names Chief Administrative Officer -- 26
  • Nanoparticles Illuminate Brain Tumors for Days Under MRI -- 25
  • Parkinson's Caregivers at Risk for Deteriorating Health -- 25
  • Current Smallpox Vaccine Can Be Harmful to Eczema Patients -- 25
  • OHSU VGTI Receives $3.5 Million NIH Grant to Assist in Development of AIDS Vaccine -- 25
  • OHSU and Eight Rural Communities Join Pilot Project for a National Children's Study -- 20
  • Speech Recognition Experts at OGI School of Science & Engineering Receive Nearly $700,000 in New Grants -- 17
  • New Compound May Act to Keep Thyroid Activity in Check -- 16
  • Americans Spend More on Health Care but Feel Worse, According to New Report -- May 13, 2004
  • Americans Spend More on Health Care but Feel Worse, According to New Report -- 11
  • Two OHSU Physicians Honored -- 11
  • Former Gov. Kitzhaber, Experts to Discuss Plight of the Uninsured at OHSU's Cover the Uninsured Day -- 11
  • TCE Contamination to be Discussed at May 21 Symposium -- 10
  • OHSU Commencement Planned for Friday, June 4 -- 6
  • OHSU Names New Technology Commercialization Head -- 6
  • Ritalin May Improve Parkinson's Symptoms, OHSU Study Says -- 6
  • Oregon Gets Unsatisfactory Grade in Women's Health -- 6
  • Ethics Center Sponsors Conference to Enhance Care at Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care Facilities in Eastern Oregon -- 5
  • Oregon Gets Unsatisfactory Grade in Women's Health -- 5
  • OHSU Researcher Finds Genetic Explanation for Some Previously Unexplained Sudden Cardiac Deaths -- 5
  • OHSU Researcher Receives American Stroke Association's Highest Honor -- 4
  • OGI School of Science & Engineering Announces New Computer Science and Engineering -- 4
  • Former Governor, Experts Will Discuss Crisis and Solutions to Help Uninsured Patients -- 3
  • OHSU Cancer Institute to Help Lead International High-Tech Cancer Research Collaboration -- 3

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    April

  • Doernbecher Children's Hospital Patients Help UCSD Find Genetic Time Bomb in Heart that Leads to Heart Failure in Some Congenital Heart Disease Patients -- 29
  • Rate of Brain Volume Loss Predicts Dementia -- 28
  • Doernbecher Children's Hospital Neurologists Find Effective Drug for Treating Children with Daily Headaches -- 28
  • OHSU's OGI School of Science & Engineering Presents Prestigious Awards at Fund-Raising Event -- 28
  • OHSU Researchers Uncover Genes Involved in Early Stages of Alzheimer's -- 27
  • Helping Oregonians Smile: The ODS Companies Donate $500,000 to OHSU School of Dentistry -- 27
  • Apraxia of Speech in Children is Focus of New OHSU Grant -- 26
  • Leader in Genetic Heart Research Meets Study Patients From Oregon for the First Time at OHSU -- 26
  • OHSU Gabriel Park Family Medicine Center Becomes a Medical Home for Children with Special Health Care Needs -- 23
  • OHSU Provides New Services for Its Startup Companies -- 22
  • Institute of Medicine: National Poison Prevention System Needed -- 21
  • Elks National Leader Visits OHSU Casey Eye Institute -- 20
  • New Proteomics Core at OHSU Will Speed Discovery Process -- 14
  • OHSU and PSU Team Up to Offer the First Accelerated Graduate Degree Program in Biomedical Informatics -- 13
  • OHSU Researchers, Collaborators Make Recommendations to Self-Treating Physicians -- 12
  • Oregon Disaster Medical Team Members Meet Department of Homeland Security Secretary -- 9
  • ABLE Bodies Seniors Go Head to Head at Mobility 'Carnival' -- 8
  • Support Doernbecher Kids During Tax Season as Part of Oregon Charitable Checkoff Program -- 8
  • Center for Women's Health Conference Focuses on Strong Women -- 7
  • All Adults Should be Screened for Alcohol Misuse -- 5
  • OGI School of Science & Engineering Announces New Head of Management in Science and Technology, New Faculty -- 5
  • OHSU Among First to Incorporate Integrative Medicine -- 5
  • OHSU Educational Programs Among Top in the Nation -- 2
  • OHSU Researchers Discover Possible Connection Between Infant Hormone Exposure, Lifelong Weight Issues -- 1

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    March

  • OHSU Creates National Model for Antibotic Use -- 31
  • Scripps, OHSU Scientists Find Deafness Gene's Function -- 28
  • OHSU Physician-Researchers Help Develop New Guidelines for Evaluating Children with Cerebral Palsy -- 26
  • OHSU School of Dentistry Gets Grant to Study Sensitive Teeth -- 24
  • Oregon Stem Cell Center Result of OHSU Research Strides -- 23
  • Oregon Poison Center Reminds Parents, Caregivers to Lock up Poisons -- 19
  • OHSU Scientists Advance Fertility Preservation Procedure -- 10
  • OGI School of Science & Engineering Increasingly Incorporates Health Care and Research -- 8
  • Biology Behind Homosexuality in Sheep, Study Confirms -- 5
  • Patients with Massive Skin Cancers Improve Appearance, Outcomes After Innovative Reconstructive Surgery, OHSU Study Finds -- 4
  • Oregon Health Care Experts Gather to Share Information About the Latest Treatments and New Research Concerning Cardiac Arrest -- 3
  • OHSU-Developed Venous Valve Won't Tilt in Vessels -- 3
  • President of the World Medical Association Talks about Children's Health Care at OHSU -- 3
  • OHSU Names Director of Pediatric Dentistry Residency Program -- 1
  • Study Shows United States May Have More Pediatricians Than It Needs For the Next 20 Years -- 1

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    February

  • Symposium for Young People Living with Parkinson's Feb. 28 -- 23
  • OHSU Researchers Discover Way to Grow Silicon Nanowires in Precise Location and Direction -- 23
  • OHSU Foundation Announces New Board Members -- 20
  • Doernbecher Children's Hospital Foundation Announces New Board Members -- 20
  • MS Expert Named Neurology Department Chairman at OHSU -- 20
  • OHSU Cancer Institute Researcher Elected to National Post -- 19
  • Male Hot Flashes Are the Subject of New Study -- 19
  • OGI Announces New Appointments -- 17
  • OHSU Physician Assistant Students Head Out to Oregon Communities -- 17
  • OHSU Programs for Teen Athletes are National Models -- 12
  • OHSU Heart Research Center Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary -- 11
  • OHSU School of Medicine Researchers Hope to Prevent Childhood Asthma with New Eczema Drug -- 11
  • Nearly 40 Percent of Oregon's "Best Doctors" Are at Oregon Health & Science University -- 6
  • Oregon Disaster Medical Team Practices Delivering Medical Care in Extremely Cold Weather -- 5
  • Fallen Firefighter Scholarship Given to La Grande Student -- 4

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    January

  • Angioplasty, Discovered at OHSU, Celebrates 40 Years -- 30
  • Oregon State Confirms Three New Appointments to OHSU Board of Directors, Board Elects New Officers -- 30
  • Jack Clinton Named Dean of the OHSU School of Dentistry -- 29
  • OHSU School of Medicine's Casey Eye Institute Receives $2.6 Million to Study Glaucoma -- 29
  • OHSU-Developed Course to Help MS Patients Manage Fatigue -- 15
  • New Pediatric Cardiologist Joins Doernbecher -- 14
  • OHSU-led Research Examines Role of Copper, Iron in Diseases -- 13
  • OHSU Offers Free Health Classes -- 12
  • Local Executive Education Program Aims to Fill Senior Technology Management Gap in Oregon-- 9
  • Gene Affecting Bone Mass, Osteoporosis Risk Identified -- 9
  • OHSU Physician Assistant Students Head Out to Oregon communities -- 9

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    Last updated December 30, 2004 by News and Publications.

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