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Review finds reporting bias in studies paid for by product manufacturer, with underreported harms An analysis by the Evidence-based Practice Center at Oregon Health & Science University has found that previously published clinical trial studies about a controversial bone growth product used in spinal surgeries overstated the product's effectiveness. The OHSU analysis found the product offered no real benefit over bone grafts traditionally used in such surgeries and also found that...
For several years, the pharmaceutical industry has tried to develop drugs that target a specific neurotransmitter receptor in the brain, the NMDA receptor. This receptor is present on almost every neuron in the human brain and is involved in learning and memory. NMDA receptors also have been implicated in several neurological and psychiatric conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia and depression. But drug companies have had little success developing...
Researchers believe they have discovered a method to help make an HIV vaccine effective prior to, and perhaps after, infection A new discovery at Oregon Health & Science University highlights an ingenious method to ensure the body effectively reacts when infected with the highly evasive HIV virus that causes AIDS. The same team of researchers has been utilizing this unique approach to develop its own HIV vaccine candidate, which has so far shown promising results in animal studies....
[WATCH VIDEO: Contracting Cardiomyocystes] redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OSHU) and the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) have successfully reprogrammed human skin cells to become embryonic stem cells capable of transforming into any other cell type in the body, a breakthrough that marks the first time human stem cells have been produced via nuclear transfer. Stem cell therapies are...
EMBARGO UNTIL MAY 15 MONTREAL, May 7, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Shriners Hospitals for Children(®) - Canada will be giving an important update on the construction of the new Shriners Hospital on the McGill University Health Centre Campus, and introducing its ambitious Exceptional Care for Exceptional Kids Campaign to finance this major initiative. WHEN: Wednesday, May 15 at 10:45 a.m. WHERE: The Glen Campus of the MUHC, Entrance 2 (special parking available for media) WHO: An...
EMBARGO UNTIL MAY 15 MONTREAL, May 7, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Shriners Hospitals for Children(®) - Canada will be giving an important update on the construction of the new Shriners Hospital on the McGill University Health Centre Campus, and introducing its ambitious Exceptional Care for Exceptional Kids Campaign to finance this major initiative. WHEN: Wednesday, May 15 at 10:45 a.m. WHERE: The Glen Campus of the MUHC, Entrance 2 (special parking available for media) WHO: An...
Drug may be major advance as malaria has developed resistance to existing treatments Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University and the Portland VA Medical Center have developed a drug that may represent one of the world's best hopes for treating and preventing malaria — a disease that kills more than one million people each year. The scientists have described the drug, and its effectiveness against mice infected with malaria, in the March 20 issue of Science Translational...
Combined Technology from Stanley Healthcare and CareFusion Creates Solution for Near Real-Time Location and Utilization Data of IV Pumps NEW ORLEANS, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Oregon Health & Science University received an award last night from the RFID in Healthcare Consortium/Intelligent Hospital for the "2013 Best Comprehensive Integration" of advanced health care technology. The award was presented at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2013...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Shouts were heard from an 11-year-old girl this past Saturday morning at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital when flames mysteriously caught onto her t-shirt. Ireland Lane had been hospitalized for a head injury when the situation had occurred. She is now recovering from third-degree burns, according to ABC News. Even though hospital staff were able to extinguish the flames, the cause of the fire is still unclear. “I’ve been in...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) and the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) today announced a collaboration to develop a menu of advanced molecular diagnostics to be performed on the GeneXpert system. The collaboration will focus on the development of clinical oncology tests for the GeneXpert system and will establish a system for clinically validating the tests through the Knight Diagnostic...
