Physicians in the Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center at OHSU in Portland, Oregon, played a critical role in updating recommendations for the Women’s Preventive Services Guidelines, which address a wide variety of unique health issues women face.

Approximately 40,000 babies are born each year in the United States with a congenital heart defect -- the most common type of birth defect -- but there’s good news: babies born with heart defects are living longer and healthier lives.

Fatemeh Reshad, a 4-month-old baby from Iran receiving life-saving care at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, has inspired a tremendous outpouring of support from around the world.

Baby Fatemeh Reshad arrived in Portland, Oregon, early Tuesday morning and has been admitted to OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. Physicians at OHSU Doernbecher are conducting a series of diagnostic studies and the early results are promising.

Experts encourage women to find out if they need to pump up their body's internal iron stores. Iron deficiency is common, especially in pre-menopausal women who lose blood during menstruation. In fact, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 20 percent of women younger than 50 are iron deficient.