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25.10.2024 | New Frontiers in Cancer and Women's Health: Innovations in Precision Medicine | In the realm of medical science, two recent developments shine like beacons of hope. One is a collaboration aimed at revolutionizing cancer treatment, while the other promises relief for millions of women suffering from endometriosis. Both ... |
24.10.2024 | Hope Medicine Inc. Announces Positive Results from a Global Phase 2 Study of a First-in-Class Endometriosis Treatment and Breakthrough Therapy Designation | HMI-115 has demonstrated statistically significant improvement in endometriosis pain
The mean dysmenorrhea pain score was reduced by 42%
The mean non-menstrual pelvic pain score was reduced by 50%
Most of the patients reported normal menstr... |
24.10.2024 | Pangea and Knight Cancer Institute collab to advance precision oncology for metastatic cancer | What You Should Know:
– Pangea Biomed, the startup behind the advanced cancer response prediction platform ENLIGHT, today announced the beginning of a pilot collaboration with the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health and Science Univers... |
22.10.2024 | Bridging the Gap: Access Endodontics Expands Care with New Associate and Website | Access Endodontics in Oregon City is making waves. The practice has welcomed Dr. Tembre DeLong, a new associate endodontist, to its team. This addition is more than just a staffing change; it’s a commitment to better serve the community. Dr... |
21.10.2024 | Access Endodontics Welcomes New Associate Endodontist and Launches New Website | access-endodontics.com
Access Endodontics of Oregon City is proud to announce that Dr. Tembre DeLong, DMD has joined the team as an associate endodontist and will be working alongside Dr. Marat Tselnik to bring high-quality endodontic care ... |
13.10.2024 | Why depression symptoms come on at night – and how to deal with your bedtime blues | It’s not uncommon for our minds to unleash a torrent of difficult feelings under the cover of darkness: Sadness and negative thoughts may surface at night, making sleep hard to come by.
On social media and elsewhere people often refer to th... |
08.10.2024 | The Future of Health Monitoring: Innovations in Blood Pressure and Cancer Detection | In the realm of healthcare, innovation is the lifeblood that keeps progress flowing. Two recent breakthroughs illustrate this vividly: a smartphone app for blood pressure monitoring and a next-generation test for pancreatic cancer. Both dev... |
07.10.2024 | Immunovia has successfully acquired all blood samples required to clinically validate its next-generation test for pancreatic cancer | Immunovia has successfully acquired all blood samples required to clinically validate its next-generation test for pancreatic cancer
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LUND (SWEDEN) – Immunovia (IMMNOV: Nasdaq Stockholm), the p... |
05.09.2024 | Making Hope Possible: American Parkinson Disease Association Supports Researchers With $2.6 Million in New Funding | From genetic causes of Parkinson's to the neurobiology of cognitive dysfunction, APDA-funded researchers begin new work.
NEW YORK, Sept. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) has just awarded $2.6 m... |
10.07.2024 | National Politics | Should Biden take a cognitive test? Here’s what it would — and wouldn’t — tell us | Kevin Duff, a neuropsychologist at the Oregon Health & Science University’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, likened the proposal to the long-standing practice of asking presidential contenders to release their tax returns.
There wo... |
31.05.2024 | Oregon hospitals Legacy and OHSU to merge | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Legacy Health and Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) this week signed a binding agreement to merge.
Why it matters: The deal combines two of Oregon's largest health care systems under the OHS... |
20.05.2024 | CNA Explains: The FLiRT family of COVID-19 variants and what we know about the KP.2 strain | Listen to this article
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11.04.2024 | How climate change impacts Portland's allergy season | While sunshine can bring smiles for some, it can bring suffering for others. Spring not only marks the start of warmer weather, but of allergy season too, which has only become longer in recent years.
Why it matters: Climate change and warm... |
05.04.2024 | Weekend Guide: Sleater-Kinney returns, Brain Fair and more | If you've reached the end of your binge list, remember that in-person entertainment is still at your fingertips throughout every corner of Rose City.Friday
🤳🏼 Make sure your phone is charged to 100% before heading to the Tomorrow Theater fo... |
03.04.2024 | University of California, Davis Student Receives SBB Research Group Foundation STEM Scholarship | Meher Khan, STEM Scholarship recipient
The SBB Research Group Foundation has named Meher Khan a STEM Scholarship recipient
CHICAGO, April 3, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The SBB Research Group Foundation named Meher Khan a recipient of its ST... |
01.04.2024 | Health | Overdosing on chemo: A common gene test could save hundreds of lives each year | Arthur Allen | KFF Health News (TNS)
One January morning in 2021, Carol Rosen took a standard treatment for metastatic breast cancer. Three gruesome weeks later, she died in excruciating pain from the very drug meant to prolong her life.
Ro... |
26.01.2024 | Majority of Oregonians don't get enough sleep | Data: Apple Heart and Movement Study; Map: Alice Feng/Axios
Oregonians are getting more sleep than most, but it's still not enough, according to a study that tracked the sleep of nearly 60,000 Apple Watch users from February to June 2022.
W... |
15.12.2023 | The 5 best thermometers of 2023 for adults and kids | Reviews Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.
Health The 5 best thermometers of 2023 for adults and kids
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13.11.2023 | Health | A new RSV shot could help protect babies this winter — if they can get it in time | By Amelia Templeton, Oregon Public Broadcasting | KFF Health News
Emily Bendt was in her third trimester of pregnancy when she first heard the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had approved a new shot for infants to protect them fr... |
26.07.2023 | Home Sweet Parking Lot: Some hospitals welcome RV living for patients, families and workers | Jim Weaver has had two major surgeries in the past decade: one to remove cancerous tumors from his bladder and another to clear a blocked artery.
Weaver, 70, knew that after he emerged from surgery, he'd want privacy. But because he and his... |
13.03.2023 | What research shows about risks of myocarditis from COVID vaccines versus risks of heart damage from COVID | Frank Han is an assistant professor of pediatric cardiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Jennifer H. Huang is an associate professor of pediatric cardiology at Oregon Health & Science University.
Soon after the first COV... |
12.04.2022 | Oregon Mesothelioma Victims Center Urges a Navy Veteran with Just Diagnosed Mesothelioma in Oregon or Their Family to Call Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste for Compensation That Might be Million... | If your husband or dad is a Navy Veteran who has mesothelioma in Oregon-please make his compensation a top priority and call attorney Erik Karst of the law firm of Karst von Oiste at 800-714-0303.”
— Oregon Mesothelioma Victims Center
PORTL... |
24.02.2022 | The 4 safest car seats we tested are also easy to clean and install | Reviews Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.
Health The 4 safest car seats we tested are also easy to clean and install
Written by Hillary Grigonis; edited by Rick Stella
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22.01.2022 | Early evidence suggests Omicron infection could give people ‘superimmunity’ against future coronavirus variants, but experts warn COVID-19 is still unpredictable | A stock image of a man receiving a vaccination in his arm. Getty Images
The combination of vaccination and immunity from natural infection produces strong protection, data suggest.
Most data we have is from the time when Delta was dominant,... |
09.12.2021 | The 6 best winter coats for kids in 2021 | Reviews Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.
Parenting The 6 best winter coats for kids in 2021
Written by Hillary Grigonis; edited by Lisa Sabatini
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2021-12-09T19:... |
22.07.2021 | How Sean McClain founded Absci at just 22 — and now leads a newly public biotech worth nearly $2B | Absci CEO and founder Sean McClain rings the closing bell on the NASDAQ on Thursday with his team as the Vancouver, Wash.-based biotech company went public. (Absci Photo)
Biotech CEOs tend to have advanced degrees and multiple academic cred... |
18.12.2020 | ‘Music As Medicine’, Virtual Carnegie Hall Performance, Honors Healthcare Workers | "Music as Medicine" performance, December 17, 2020Carnegie Hall |
21.03.2019 | Cambia Health Forms Da Vinci Project to Improve Health Data Sharing in Value-based Care Arrangements | Cambia Health Solutions has announced new partnerships with two major provider networks to deliver data interoperability use cases as part of the Da Vinci Project. In collaboration with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and Mult... |
10.10.2017 | Updating Wikipedia should be part of all doctors’ jobs | When the Ebola pandemic erupted in West Africa in 2014, the English-language Wikipedia articles on Ebola were overhauled and versions were created or updated in more than 100 other languages. These pages would go on to be viewed at least 89... |
19.08.2017 | Four intriguing biopharma developments this week | Alzeca Biosciences in Houston closed an $11 million Series A round to advance an imaging technology for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease it regards as a cheaper alternative to PET scans. Nanoparticles bind to amyloid plaque in the bra... |
27.07.2017 | We can now design humans — but should we? | Scientists in Portland, Oregon, just succeeded in creating the first genetically modified human embryo in the United States, according to Technology Review. A team led by Shoukhrat Mitalipov of Oregon Health & Science University is repo... |
27.07.2017 | We can now design humans — but should we? | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Scientists in Portland, Oregon, just succeeded in... |
24.07.2017 | Protecting interns and other physicians from depression and suicide | This month, more than 25,000 medical school graduates will begin working at hospitals and medical centers across the United States. By the end of September, nearly one-third of these new doctors could become depressed and 24 percent could h... |
27.06.2016 | Inside a monkey lab, research gets fast-tracked in the ‘Zika room’ | MADISON, Wisc. — Walk into most macaque enclosures, and you might expect a ruckus: bird-like cooing if you’re bringing them food, or guttural barks if you aren’t.
But these 13 monkeys didn’t make a sound.
They were used to visitors, and on ... |
20.10.2015 | The 'Mole Mapper' iPhone App Helps Detect Skin Cancer | J.E. Reich, Tech Times 20 October 2015, 12:10 pm
A new app for iPhone called Mole Mapper lets you take a different kind of selfie: one that could end up saving your life.
Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University announced the re... |
18.08.2015 | Medicare proposal would reimburse physicians for end-of-life care planning | Her assertions greatly distressed Dr. Pamelyn Close, a palliative care specialist in Los Angeles.
“It did terrible damage to the concept of having this conversation,” she said.
Amid the ensuing political uproar, Congress deleted the provisi... |
02.10.2014 | Startup using Gates-funded research to develop herpes & HIV vaccines, raising $12M | Basically, the vaccine could create a population of helper T cells that will immediately be available to spur the rest of the immune system into action without delay, he said.
“That’s critical – what happens in herpes and several other hard... |
25.06.2014 | How to solve everyone’s HIPAA headaches: Make it opt out | Dr. Martin Harris, Chief Information Officer of Cleveland Clinic, has the best idea about how to cope with HIPAA that I’ve heard in a long time: Give patients the chance to opt out of the system and manage their own data.
Harris was one of ... |
24.09.2013 | Nike co-founder issues a $500M challenge to OHSU’s Knight Cancer Institute | The university and the institute were happy to accept it. Raising $1 billion in new funds would help the institute bring in new researchers and doctors, its leaders say, and build on breakthroughs it’s already achieved. Dr. Brian Druker, di... |
29.07.2013 | Washington state makes the tough calls on insurance coverage. Why can’t DC do the same for Medicare? | Promoted
This Patient Experience Checklist Is Your Key To Success in 2021
As healthcare systems strive to recover from losses due to the pandemic, patient acquisition and retention have never been more urgent, and patient experience has nev... |
22.04.2013 | Roundup: VC Investment, Tableau Q1, Greenest Building, Asteroids, & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
On Earth Day, the world’s “greenest office building” is opening in Seattle, providing a model for commercial developers weighing the costs and benefits of sustainability. Mean... |
30.01.2013 | 3D printing makes its way into cancer research lab with Organovo-OHSU collaboration | “In research we think of cancer as a cell in a dish, but really it’s a collection of cells working in tissue,” he said. “This will allow us to better understand the tumor micro-environment, and to see the many cell types together and the mo... |
22.10.2012 | A Web-based risk management tool provides interactive map of global drug reimbursement | Ho worked as a physician in emergency medicine before getting her MBA and working for Pfizer’s (NYSE: PFE) e-health division to help the pharmaceutical giant vet startups in which to invest. She said one of the strengths of the tool is it p... |
16.08.2007 | Gleevec pioneer slams Novartis on drug pricing, patents | It’s been clear for some time that bad blood has been building between Oregon Health and Science University researcher Brian Druker (pictured at left), who first showed that the cancer drug Gleevec could produce near-miraculous remissions i... |
- | Startup using Gates-funded research to develop herpes & HIV vaccines, raising $12M | An Oregon immunotherapy startup says it’s developing a vaccine platform that stimulates the immune response around the clock – potentially guarding it perpetually against diseases like herpes, HPV and HIV.
Tomegavax is building on the work ... |
- | A Web-based risk management tool provides interactive map of global drug reimbursement | A health IT startup has developed a platform designed to aggregate global drug reimbursement data. The risk management tool is designed to save the time and money it takes drug developers to chase down the information from disparate sources... |
- | Washington state makes the tough calls on insurance coverage. Why can’t DC do the same for Medicare? | A recent federal assessment of Medicare’s fiscal health contained a shred of good news — the public health insurance program for the elderly is spending money at a slightly slower rate than expected. Yet declining health care costs haven’t ... |
- | How to solve everyone’s HIPAA headaches: Make it opt out | Today’s #Path2Cures panel is a great reminder that patients need to be at the heart of all we do.
— Nick Valeriani (@njvaleriani) June 24, 2014
Dr. Martin Harris, Chief Information Officer of Cleveland Clinic, has the best idea about how to... |
- | 3D printing makes its way into cancer research lab with Organovo-OHSU collaboration | 3D printing gets a lot of hype for the things it will someday be able to do, like replicate human organs and create customized prosthetics. But it’s doing some pretty cool things in the meantime, too, like helping researchers create living ... |
- | Early evidence suggests Omicron infection could give people 'superimmunity' against future coronavirus variants, but experts warn COVID-19 is still unpredictable | A stock image of a man receiving a vaccination in his arm. Getty Images
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- | Nike co-founder issues a $500M challenge to OHSU’s Knight Cancer Institute | If the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University can raise $500 million over the next two years, Nike co-founder and chairman Phil Knight has pledged to match it, kickstarting a 10-year, $1 billion cancer research in... |
- | Medicare proposal would reimburse physicians for end-of-life care planning | Remember the so-called death panels?
When Congress debated the Affordable Care Act in 2009, the legislation originally included a provision that would have allowed Medicare to reimburse doctors when they meet with patients to talk about end... |
- | Four intriguing biopharma developments this week | Even in the dog days of summer, it was hardly a dull week in the world of biopharma. Amidst the fallout from President Trump’s comments during and following the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville spurred an exodus from his manufactu... |