A report on an incident involving alleged criminal mistreatment of a toddler at the OHSU Rood Family Pavilion.

Doctors, nurses and physician assistants at Legacy Health announce they plan to unionize, citing in part the proposed integration of Legacy by OHSU.

Doctors, nurses and physician assistants at Legacy Health announce they plan to unionize, citing in part the proposed integration of Legacy by OHSU.

KPTV-TV highlights medication lockboxes available at the OHSU Doernbecher Tom Sargent Safety Resource Center in a story about Suicide Prevention Month. Kyle Johnson, M.D., says, “Here at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, we access many kids each month who have attempted suicide and 90% of kids have attempted suicide by taking overdoses of medicine. The mass majority of those medicines are ones that are readily available at home.”

The Portland Business Journal reports that OHSU picked up the lion’s share of NIH funding in Oregon in 2022 with $289 million — over half of the total funding awarded to all Oregon research institutions, private companies and nonprofit organizations combined.

The Portland Business Journal reports that OHSU picked up the lion’s share of NIH funding in Oregon in 2022 with $289 million — over half of the total funding awarded to all Oregon research institutions, private companies and nonprofit organizations combined.

OHSU is one of the clinical teams involved in a newly published study of drug candidates used in patients with phenylketonuria, or PKU.

KCBY-TV in Coos Bay highlights an OHSU-endorsed program training people who work in skin, hair and personal health fields to identify potential cancerous melanomas in their customers.

Evan Shalen, M.D., comments in a UPI story on a study noting that adults with cannabis use disorder have a 60% higher risk of a heart attack, stroke or other major cardiovascular event: “People with substance use disorders are known to be at higher risk for many other conditions, including cardiovascular disease. Some of this is likely related to underlying social, economic or medical conditions that contribute both to the substance use disorder and cardiovascular disease.”

Doctors, nurses and physician assistants at Legacy Health announce they plan to unionize, citing in part the proposed integration of Legacy by OHSU.