PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 15 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Accolades: Awards, honors and appointments December * OHSU joins global clinical trial to advance treatment for proximal femur metastases OHSU's Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation is currently enrolling patients in the PERFORM (Proximal Femur Reconstruction or Internal Fixation for Metastases) clinical trial. It is a groundbreaking, multinational clinical study for patients with me more PR

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Dec. 18 -- Oregon State University posted the following news release: * * * After devastating wildfires, watersheds surprisingly thick with fish and amphibians * CORVALLIS, Ore. - In the aftermath of historically severe wildfires in 2020, a study of Cascade Range watersheds found that stream vertebrates are doing surprising well, highlighted by flourishing fish populations. "Our work looked at the three years following megafires in western Oregon and suggests that fishes more PR

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Dec. 15 -- Oregon State University posted the following news release: * * * College of Forestry finalizes new management plan for OSU's McDonald-Dunn Research Forest * CORVALLIS, Ore. - The Oregon State University College of Forestry has finalized a new management plan Link is external for the OSU-owned McDonald-Dunn Research Forest in the Coast Range foothills northwest of Corvallis. Last revised in 2005, the updated plan provides an adaptive framework for sustainable m more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 15 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Mixed results in using lipoic acid to treat progressive multiple sclerosis * The over-the-counter supplement lipoic acid may have a small beneficial effect in slowing the loss of gray matter in the brains of people with progressive forms of multiple sclerosis, according to new research led by Oregon Health & Science University and the Portland VA Health Care System. However, the randomized co more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 17 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * OHSU research drives FDA approval for novel use of anemia drug in brain cancer imaging * The Food and Drug Administration has approved ferumoxytol, known clinically as FERABRIGHT(tm), as a contrast agent physicians can use to detect and monitor tumor progression in patients with brain cancer. Edward Neuwelt, M.D. (OHSU) Ferumoxytol is an iron-based substance that has been primarily used to  more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 19 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * OHSU study finds exposure to common air pollutants alters adolescent brain development * Physician-scientists at Oregon Health & Science University warn that exposure to air pollution may have serious implications for a child's developing brain. In a recent study published in the journal Environmental Research, researchers in OHSU's Developmental Brain Imaging Lab found that air pollution is  more PR

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Dec. 17 -- Oregon State University posted the following news release: * * * Resolving to spend less time on your smartphone? Understanding your travel habits can help * CORVALLIS, Ore. - If you open a banking app, play a mobile game or scroll through a news feed every day while riding the bus, your commuting routine is probably bolstering your smartphone habit, according to new research that shows phone tendencies are stronger in locations chosen automatically. As you po more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * TNT Sports to Present Wall-to-Wall Coverage of Saturday's College Football Playoff First Round * TNT Sports' networks and platforms will present wall-to-wall coverage of Saturday's College Football Playoff First Round highlighted by an exclusive doubleheader - No. 6 Ole Miss hosting No. 11 Tulane at 3:30 p.m. ET, followed by No. 12 James Madison at No. more PR