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Inclined sleepers still being sold despite links to rising number of infant deaths

Yahoo Lifestyle June 25, 2019
Ben Hoffman, M.D., comments on the dangers associated with inclined sleepers: “The right image is a baby on a flat firm mattress on their back with nothing else. You show people pictures of safe sleep and they think that looks lonely. That’s part of the challenge, the public perception fueled by the images we see.”

The woman with reversed organs

Ripley's Believe It or Not June 24, 2019
Cam Walker, Ph.D., discusses OHSU body donor Rose Marie Bentley, who lived 99 years without knowing she had the rare condition situs inversus with levocardia.

Woodburn teen cancer survivor gives back to sick kids

KGW-TV June 21, 2019
A teen cancer survivor uses his Make-A-Wish “wish” to donate hundreds of stuffed animals, toys to OHSU Doernbecher. “I personally don't need anything. I already have a great family, and the fact I'm here right now is kind of all I need,” he says. “I hope for them [patients] to receive a teddy bear and have a heartwarming feeling of joy and happiness, even for the moment. It means a lot.”

OHSU and UC-Davis join forces on rural health care

Jefferson Public Radio June 21, 2019
In an interview with Jefferson Public Radio, Joyce Hollander-Rodriguez, M.D., discusses OHSU’s collaboration with University of California, Davis, to change medical residencies so they better meet the needs of rural and other underserved communities.
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