1999 OHSU News Archive

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Release 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 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

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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

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

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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

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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

OHSU Researchers Help Unlock Genetic Secrets of "Overheating" Disorder - 2

OHSU Celebrates 338th Heart Transplant - 2

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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

New Procedure Offers Relief from Chronic Back Pain - 2

Researchers Find Key Brain Cell Communications Link -1

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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

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

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May 1999

June 2 is Oregon Poison Center Day at the State Capitol in Salem - 28

Dental clinical research center opens at Oregon's only dental school - 24

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

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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

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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

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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

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