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What’s Up with Wearing Tinted Lenses All the Time, Everywhere?

Men's Health May 21, 2025
In a Men’s Health article on potential health benefits of wearing tinted glasses, Andrew McHill, Ph.D., says wearing tinted glasses 24/7 could be detrimental: “Getting lots of daytime light — whether it’s natural or artificial — actually helps keep our brains awake, suppresses melatonin, and synchronizes our internal clocks.”

Can Tinted Lenses Make You Healthier?

AOL.com May 21, 2025
In an article on potential health benefits of wearing tinted glasses, Andrew McHill, Ph.D., says wearing tinted glasses 24/7 could be detrimental: “Getting lots of daytime light — whether it’s natural or artificial — actually helps keep our brains awake, suppresses melatonin, and synchronizes our internal clocks.”

Scientists propose novel way of treating mosquitoes for malaria

BBC May 21, 2025
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.”

OSU College of Pharmacy to Leave Corvallis for Portland

The Corvallis Advocate May 20, 2025
Corvallis Advocate story covers news that Oregon State University’s College of Pharmacy will relocate its Pharm.D. program primarily to OHSU’s Portland campus in 2026, expanding a long-established partnership that will create more opportunities for students.

Whether Angio or CT Come First in Evaluating Chest Pain, QoL After Is Similar

tctMD May 20, 2025
Maros Ferencik, M.D., Ph.D., commenting on a new analysis for TCTMD – Cardiovascular News, said the latest results further cement the important role of CT in this care pathway, adding that current U.S. guidelines already recommend using a noninvasive test first: “This study was started before that guideline, and this is of course a European study where there are still a lot of places where [patients] go directly to the cath lab.”

Amy Valent DO, MCR, highlights new tech for prenatal diabetes management

Contemporary OB/GYN May 20, 2025
In an interview with Contemporary OB/GYN, Amy Valent, D.O., discusses technological advancements for managing prenatal diabetes: “We are nowhere close to the ceiling of advancements, but from a technology perspective, it's helping people not only just understand biologically what's happening to them from the continuous glucose monitoring side, but also from just the technology side of delivering insulin, we can start to fine-tune that to hopefully more mimic our natural physiology of insulin secretion.”
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