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Bells ring in memory of organ donor angels

Albany Herald-Democrat October 07, 2019
Liver transplant recipient Kori Anderson’s personal transplant story is shared in coverage of an Albany effort to honor organ donors with bells placed throughout the city.

An app that can catch early signs of eye disease in a flash

NPR October 07, 2019
In a story about an app that can detect when someone shown in pictures has eye cancer based on the color of the person’s eye reflection, Alison Skalet, M.D., Ph.D., is quoted as saying the app is promising and should become more accurate over time.

Keeping prison workers healthy

East Oregonian October 02, 2019
OHSU and PSU research find a third of Oregon Department of Correction employees had post-traumatic stress disorder, 90% were obese and 93% had hypertension or pre-hypertension.

Small town, big emergencies

The Other Oregon September 27, 2019
A feature in The Other Oregon outlines the unique experience of rural health care. Among the challenges, Robert Duehmig notes that “money, personnel and medical equipment shortages are constant.”

Lymphedema risk in breast ca linked to NAC duration

MedPageToday September 24, 2019
John Vetto, M.D., authors a commentary addressing lymphedema after breast cancer treatment or surgery; Vetto says a recent study “underscores the well-known but often undiscussed association between lymphedema and BMI.”
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