maternal health

OHSU Team Looks to Reduce the Number of C-Section Births

Discussing birth outcomes on a week-by-week basis may account for the dip in C-section births
March 15, 2012 – Last month 21.7 percent of the babies born at Oregon Health & Sciences University were delivered via Cesarean section – slightly fewer than the number of C-section births statewide (23.4 percent) and lower than the weighted national average of 25.2 percent, according to numbers released by the March of Dimes. Read More >>

OR Clinics Try New Approaches to Prenatal Care for Latinas

March 8, 2012 -- The goals of healthier mothers and babies are prompting some new approaches to prenatal care at Oregon clinics which serve high populations of Latinas. Read More >>

Maternal Nutrition and Fetal Development Focus of OHSU’s New Research Center

Dr. Kent Thornburg, whose research focuses on the developmental origins of disease, will take the helm of the Bob and Charlee Moore Institute for Nutrition and Wellness
February 1, 2012 -- Dr. Kent Thornburg, who teaches in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University and is known worldwide for his research into the developmental origins of disease, has been named interim dean of the Bob and Charlee Moore Institute for Nutrition and Wellness, a new research and education center. Read More >>

Debt restructuring, Plans for Nutritional Center Take Center Stage at OHSU

At its board meeting last Friday, a plan was approved to restructure its variable rate debt to a more stable structure
December 6, 2011 – Oregon Health & Science University intends to restructure approximately $210 million of its variable rate debt, and replace old auction rate debt with a more stable funding structure following Friday’s board meeting. Read More >>
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