OHSU Brain Institute News
Unlocking the voices of the 'locked in' – February 2013
OHSU Brain Institute scientists are leading the way in a fascinating new area of brain communication research -- helping people who have no ability to speak to communicate through their brain waves
As featured in: KTVF-TV (Nashville)
Five years after stroke, Lake Oswego father tried to inspire, laugh about new life – January 2013
When the paramedics asked her where they should take her unconscious husband, they then quickly answered their own question: 'You want to go to OHSU.' Five years later, Gordon Viggiano continues a slow recovery from his stroke, and now offers an inspiring message to community groups about persevering through many challenges.
As featured in: The Oregonian
Multiple Sclerosis therapy from OHSU-affiliated company enters phase 2 clinical trial – January 2013
Artielle ImmunoTherapeutics, an OHSU backed company led by OHSU Brain Institute scientists, has entered phase 2 clinical trial with a drug that may be a breakthrough treatment for multiple sclerosis.
As featured in: Oregon Business magazine
How to talk to children about Connecticut shooting – December 2012
Meg Cary, M.D., with OHSU's Department of Psychiatry and Doernbecher Children's Hospital, offers thoughts on talking to children about horrific violence like the Connecticut school shootings
As featured in: Oregon Publc Broadcasting's Think Out Loud
With seniors' help, OHSU researchers use technology to track the aging process – December 2012
Researchers at OHSU Brain Institute’s Oregon Center for Aging and Technology are using sensors and other technology to study aging and explore ways in-home health monitoring might be able to keep elderly in their homes longer.
As featured in: The Oregonian
Health apps often based on flimsy science, and don't work – November 2012
OHSU Brain Institute’s Alfred Lewy, M.D., an internationally recognized Seasonal Affective Disorder expert, talks about how a special light that can be added as an application for a mobile phone can't do what its marketers say it can -- treat SAD.
As featured in: The Washington Post
Can Vitamins And Supplements Help Multiple Sclerosis? – November 2012
The OHSU Brain Institute's Dennis Bourdette, M.D. talks about the connection between low vitamin D levels and multiple sclerosis.
As featured in: Everydayhealth.com, Huffingtonpost.com
OHSU researchers announce MS breakthrough – November 2012
A team led by Larry Sherman, Ph.D., with OHSU Brain Institute and the Oregon National Primate Research Center, has made a discovery that could have major implications for people suffering from multiple sclerosis and a range of other neurological disorders. Sherman's team has found that blocking a certain enzyme in the brain can help repair the brain damage associated with MS and some of the other disorders.
As featured in: KGW TV, KING TV (Seattle), medicalxpress.com
OHSU discovery offers new hope for people with MS, children with fatal brain disorders – October 2012
Research from OHSU's Stephen Back lab suggests that stem cell transplants to treat certain brain and nervous system diseases -- including MS -- may be moving closer to reality.
As featured in: WebMD, Mashable, Science Daily
Depressed? It could be all the sunshine – October 2012
Alfred Lewy, M.D., Ph.D., psychiatrist with the OHSU Brain Institute, is an internationally recognized expert on Seasonal Affective Disorder. But he also works with people who have a strange derivation of that - people who get depressed with too much sun.
As featured in: mynorthwest.com, KOIN TV
How to fight fibromyalgia pain – October 2012
An article on fighting fibromyalgia pain cites a study by James Carson, Ph.D., pain psychologist, of the OHSU Brain Institute showing that yoga can help.
As featured in: The Huffington Post
Is your kid an addict? – September 2012
Bonnie Nagel, Ph.D., pediatric neuropsychologist at the OHSU Brain Institute and OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital talks about her research into the brains of kids who are at risk for alcoholism and drug addiction.
As featured in: Salon.com
One-fifth of spine surgery patients suffer PTSD symptoms – September 2012
A study by Dr. Robert Hart, spine surgeon at the OHSU Spine Center finds that some patients who have elective spine surgery develop PTSD symptoms as a result of the surgery.
As featured in: KXL radio, healthnewsdigest.com
Schools must help in managing concussions in student athletes – September 2012
Dr. James Chesnutt of OHSU Sports Medicine writes in an op-ed piece about how teachers and principals - not just coaches - must help high school student athletes recover from sports concussions.
As featured in: The Oregonian
How our aging brains leave us open to deception and fraud – September 2012
An article talks about how people's ability to make financial and other judgments deteriorates as we grow older -- and includes suggestions from Diane Howieson, Ph.D., neurologist at the OHSU Brain Institute on keeping your brain sharp.
As featured in: The Oregonian, Bloomberg Business Week (online)
Ben Petrick's battle against Parkinson's - September 2012
ESPN chronicles former major league baseball player Ben Petrick's battle against Early Onset Parkinson's disease. Petrick is a patient of Dr. Jay Nutt's at the OHSU Parkinson Center. He also had deep brain stimulation surgery with OHSU Brain Institute's Dr. Kim Burchiel that significantly improved his Parkinson's symptoms.
As featured in: E:60, ESPN TV
A pill to cure all ills? It's just in our heads - July 2012
Dr. Barry Oken, an OHSU Brain Institute neurologist, is a national leader in understanding how placebo works with the human brain. And sometimes, it works as well or better than real drugs.
As featured in: The Portland Tribune
OHSU studies link between walking speed and Alzheimer's - July 2012
The OHSU Brain Institute's Dr. Lisa Silbert found a link between walking speed and dementia in research she presented at the international Alzheimer's conference in Vancouver, B.C. in July.
As featured in: NBC Nightly News, USA Today, KGW's Live @ 7
Yoga improves balance after stroke - July 2012
The OHSU Brain Institute's Andrea Serdar talked about how what she sees with her patients conforms with a recent study -- that yoga helps people recover after their stroke.
As featured in: WebMD
'Mild cognitive impairment' not yet dementia, but still serious - July 2012
Dr. Jeffrey Kaye of the OHSU Brain Institute presented his study at an international Alzheimer's conference that showed that people with mild cognitive impairment spent less time outside their home than cognitively healthy people did - and that this isolation could make their impairment worse.
As featured in: USA Today
Aging well, and staying in your own home - July 2012
OHSU's Oregon Center for Aging and Technology is at the forefront of studying ways that technology can monitor people's health at home - allowing elderly people to stay in their own homes longer.
As featured in: NBC Nightly News
