In a Medcape story about lifestyle changes to reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration, Steven Bailey, M.D., says, “The low hanging fruit is healthy diet and active lifestyle, and those overlap with so many other benefits.”

OPB-Radio covers expected and unexpected hazards as the weather warms and traumatic injuries increase. Matt Hansen, M.D., says OHSU’s emergency department handles avoidable injuries every year, including fireworks: “The demographic tends to be young men, often with alcohol combined, that are doing fireworks, operating in an unsafe way. And we see people’s fingers and hands get blown apart every year on the Fourth of July.”

In a story about a 4-year-old child from Estacada who was taken to OHSU after falling out of a window, KPTV-TV and KGW-TV note that experts at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in 2024 warned that 3,300 children younger than 6 fall from windows nationwide each year.

David Clarke, M.D., is interviewed by Everyday Health about tips and tricks for alleviating hiccups.

In a story about a 4-year-old child from Estacada who was taken to OHSU after falling out of a window, KPTV-TV and KGW-TV note that experts at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in 2024 warned that 3,300 children younger than 6 fall from windows nationwide each year.

MIT Technology Review interviews Fikadu Tafesse, Ph.D., regarding a federal plan to limit access to COVID vaccines to people 65 and older and those with conditions that make them more susceptible to severe disease. Citing OHSU research suggesting immunity gathers strength with more time between vaccination and infection, he says, “One year is really a random time. If you are at risk [of a serious COVID infection] you may actually need [a dose] every six months. But for healthy individuals, it’s a very different conversation.”

OHSU research to develop a new kind of nanoparticle to make ultrasound-based cancer treatments more effective and safer, Michael Henderson, B.A., says, “Our approach here doesn’t use heat. Instead, we use the energy released from the bubbles popping, which reduces the energy required for ultrasound treatment by a hundredfold.”

Research identifies a type of chemical compound designed and synthesized at OHSU to targets parasites causing malaria instead of the mosquitoes that carry them. Michael Riscoe, Ph.D., says, “We all feel so fortunate to be working on this project because of its vast potential to save lives.”

In an Oregonian story about OHSU research to develop a new kind of nanoparticle to make ultrasound-based cancer treatments more effective and safer, Michael Henderson, B.A., says, “Our approach here doesn’t use heat. Instead, we use the energy released from the bubbles popping, which reduces the energy required for ultrasound treatment by a hundredfold.”

The Lund Report covers new research published in the journal Nature that identifies a type of chemical compound designed and synthesized at OHSU to targets parasites causing malaria instead of the mosquitoes that carry them. Michael Riscoe, Ph.D., says, “We all feel so fortunate to be working on this project because of its vast potential to save lives.”