Micro nano breakthrough conference planned for Portland, Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore.- A diverse group of people interested in the evolving growth of nanoscience and microtechnology will participate in the Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference 2004 scheduled for July 28-29 at the Sheraton Portland Airport.... ... This first-ever conference is designed to explore the difficult challenges within the Lilliputian world of nano- and microtechnology, as well as the p...OHSU researcher co-authors National State-By-State Report Card on women and smoking; Oregon flunks
PORTLAND, Ore. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death among women, yet 38 states, including Oregon, received failing grades for not meeting national goals to reduce and prevent smoking among girls and women. The report shows that our nation is not doing enough to stop this major killer of women and the billions in health care costs it imposes on state and national budgets, according...Oregon State chemist wins national award for synthesizing molecules in nature
James D. White of Corvallis, Ore., will be honored Sept. 9 by the world's largest scientific society for discovering ways to make complex molecules in the laboratory, often those that show promise as drugs such as anti-cancer agents. He will receive the 2003 Arthur C. Cope Senior Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society at its national meeting in New York....... "My whole approach to beco....Portland, Ore. -- Like an armed guard, the blood-brain barrier in the human body works to keep dangerous chemicals out of the central nervous system. Unfortunately, this same barrier also can keep chemotherapy drugs away from deadly brain tumors. In the early 1980s, Oregon Health Sciences University researchers made national headlines when they found a way to outsmart this natural defense mecha.... Portland, Ore. -- Researchers from the Oregon Stroke Center at Oregon Health Sciences University.have always known that battling a stroke is a race against time. Now, two independent studies.conducted through the Oregon Stroke Center Hospital Network show medical response time can dictate.which treatment may offer the most promising outcome for a patient. Both studies will be printed in.the De...Lower death rate in Oregon hospitals linked to better care
... Study raises the possibility of improved hospital care for heart failure in...Oregon ... ...............Portland, Ore.-- A study by two Oregon Health Sciences University researchers...finds that the recent decrease in hospital mortality rates for Oregon heart...failure patients is likely due to improved care. The study is published in the...September issue of the American Journal of Managed.... Bone marrow transplant will be the first in the Pacific Northwest to be approved.for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis . . (PORTLAND, Ore.) -- Bone marrow transplants have proven to be effective.in the treatment of many cancers. Now Oregon Health Sciences University's.Doernbecher Children's Hospital and Kaiser Permanente have given approval for an.autologous bone marrow transplant to be per...12-year-old Oregon girl is first child to receive new bone growth material in her skull
. Girl with congenital deformity must wear bike helmet to protect soft tissue of.skull . .Portland, Ore. -- Emily Lang is no stranger to surgeries. She's already had 121.of them in her short 12 years to correct various medical conditions related to.deformities she was born with. But the one she will undergo on August 23 is.different. This surgery will help get her one step closer to eliminating.... Another $3.6 Million Is Expected Later This Year, Bringing The Total To .$10 Million . . Portland, Ore. -- Oregon Health Sciences University's Division of Health.Promotion and Sports Medicine in the School of Medicine just received grants.totaling nearly $6.5 million with another $3.6 million expected later this year..The grants will fund studies to improve the health of adolescents and...Oregon's Terminally Ill Patients More Likely to Have End-Of-Life Choices Respected, Study Finds
.(Portland, Ore.) -- Terminally ill patients in Oregon are more likely than.patients elsewhere to have their end-of-life wishes respected, and family.survivors report a high degree of satisfaction with the care of their loved.ones, according to new research published in the April 20 edition of the Annals.of Internal Medicine.. .Oregon's rate of deaths inside the hospital is the lowest in the nat.... Results of citicoline trial to be presented this week at annual American Heart.Association Stroke Conference . A stroke-fighting drug up for possible approval by the U.S. Food and Drug.Administration showed mixed results in a nationwide clinical trial, according to.research being presented this Saturday, February 7, at the annual American Heart.Association Stroke and Circulation Conference...