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Childhood asthma linked to lack of ventilation for gas stoves, OSU study shows

Parents with children at home should use ventilation when cooking with a gas stove, researchers from Oregon State University are recommending, after a new study showed an association between gas kitchen stove ventilation and asthma, asthma symptoms and chronic bronchitis.

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CPHHS researcher receives NIH award

Perry Hystad, an assistant professor of environmental and occupational health in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences at OSU, is one of 17 winners of the NIH’s 2014 Early Independence Award.

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Greener neighborhoods lead to better birth outcomes, new research shows

Mothers who live in neighborhoods with plenty of grass, trees or other green vegetation are more likely to deliver at full term and their babies are born at higher weights, compared to mothers who live in urban areas that aren’t as green, a new study shows.

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Alumni Public Health

Video: College celebrates outstanding students, supporters

In what has become much more than a tradition, the annual event celebrates the college’s extraordinary students and those who support them in a meaningful way.

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Changes in processing, handling could reduce commercial fishing injuries, research shows

Handling frozen fish caused nearly half of all injuries aboard commercial freezer-trawlers and about a quarter of the injuries on freezer-longliner vessels operating off the coast of Alaska, new research from Oregon State University shows.

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New Research on Columbia Basin Tribal Foods sheds new light on traditional diet.

Researchers hope to provide convincing evidence to promote a resurgence of Native foods and a healthier lifestyle.