OHSU develops instant, computerized notification system to communicate patients' end-of-life wishes
... OHSU's secure electronic medical records database and provides clinicians with near-immediate informatio...h care directives about treatments that are wanted and those that are not. If a chronically ill patient enters the hospital and is incapacitated, an alert ...UPenn receives 2005 Templeton Research Lectures Grant
...nt promotes the constructive engagement of science and religion through interdisciplinary study groups and an annual distinguished lectureship. The other two 2005 recipients announced earlier this month are ...Meet leaders in cancer research, ask questions and discuss innovative science with the experts. WHAT...el B. Kastan, M.D., Ph.D. , Cancer Center Director and Chairman, Department of Hematology/Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tenn. D...Liver may be source of 'good' cholesterol
...ers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues will report on a project that used gene...h levels of ABCA1 there. To test their hypothesis and learn more about how HDL is produced, the researchers developed mice without the ABCA1 gene in the l...Data show cyclosporine inhalation solution improves long-term survival in lung-transplant patients
...or the first time today at the 25th Annual Meeting and Scientific Session of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) show that cyclosporine inhalation solution (CyIS) significantly improve...OHSU scientist helping explain basis of psychotic behavior
...m closing in on why many people with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders are "supersensitive" to ...d Grandy, Ph.D., associate professor of physiology and pharmacology, OHSU School of Medicine, co-authored a study appearing recently in Proceedings of the ...Neurology Now magazine launches at AAN meeting
...n Academy of Neurology's new magazine for patients and caregivers. It will officially launch during the A...e press conference, a launch celebration with cake and champagne will take place starting at 5:00 p.m. just outside the exhibit hall in the Miami Beach Con...Breakthrough in national diseases
...es by research scientists at Karolinska Institutet and the Centre for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Stockholm...n the fields of cardiovascular disease, rheumatism and MS have together shown that there is a common risk factor for these conditions. It is the first iden...About 70 percent of older adults use alternative medicine
... kind of alternative medicine, such as acupuncture and herbal medicine, according to a new study. While p...ation, said Gong-Soog Hong, co-author of the study and professor of consumer sciences at Ohio State University. This study found that 71 percent of older a...Soy and fish oil may help prevent heart attacks
...ts of fish or soy oil may improve cardiac function and protect against heart attacks in the short-term. ... weeks." Researchers from Atlanta, GA, Boston, MA, and Cuernavaca, Mexico, took the HRV of 58 elderly patients every other day for two months to establish ...Certain weight control behaviors may precipitate obesity among adolescent girls
...lescent obesity has doubled over the last 30 years and can lead to serious medical problems, like high blood pressure, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and colorectal cancer. According to a new study, certain weight-control behaviors may actually contribut...Higher education representatives advise chemistry faculty candidates on how to apply for positions
...anel representing a broad spectrum of universities and colleges. According to C&EN , the weekly newsmaga...eir themes. Cover letters should be distinctive and should show how a candidate would fit into the schools department. While post doctorate experienc...Children's Hospital, Oakland's Dr. Barbara Staggers wins prestigious award
... social service), health care, environmental work, and education. Dr. Staggers has long been a champion and mentor of adolescents. She has devoted her life to increasing access to quality health care for min...Fifteen-year hunt uncovers gene behind 'pseudothalidomide' syndrome
...eam of scientists from Colombia, the United States and elsewhere has successfully completed a 15-year-plu...se physical manifestations often include cleft lip and palate and shortened limbs that resemble those of babies whose mothers took thalidomide during pregn...Two drugs combined more cost-effective safer for managing arthritis in high-risk patients
Amid the recent controversy and confusion over serious side effects from pain medications, a new UCLA and Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System study demonstrates that for arthritis suffere...Painless test using teardrops may speed diagnosis of Sjgren's syndrome
...une disorder characterized by chronically dry eyes and dry mouth. The noninvasive test, which analyzes mu... scientists say. Sjgrens affects between 1 million and 4 million Americans, primarily women over age 40. April is Sjgrens Syndrome Awareness Month. The stu...Case finds dental patients agreeable to tobacco interventions
...nts to answer 22 questions about their tobacco use and also thoughts about having their doctor or dentist...r the International Association of Dental Research and the American Association for Dental Research's annual meeting in Baltimore, Md. He is the lead inve...Blood test can accurately diagnose heart failure in emergency patients
...ril 15 issue of the American Journal of Cardiology and has been released online prior to print publicatio... from combining the results of this very sensitive and specific blood test with the logic and wisdom of a good emergency physician, which gave the optimal ...Tissue engineering experts discuss orthopaedics applications
...M, N.C. A future in which laboratory-grown organs and stimulated growth of muscle, bones and nerves could play a major role in treating medical conditions was revealed at a recent Tissue Engine......ize a large portion of the wood products industry, and have important environmental and economic benefits. The discovery has already resulted in three pending patents and should lead to a ...