Both transplant surgeries happened at OHSU Hospital in Portland.

OHSU researchers have discovered that maternal diet during pregnancy, specifically during the third trimester, may be associated with a higher risk for mental health disorders in offspring. Elizabeth Wood, Ph.D., says, “These findings highlight opportunities to enhance nutrition during pregnancy and improve offspring outcomes by providing specific dietary targets and timepoints that can make a difference in infant behavioral health. They also further emphasize the critical importance of policies and systems that support access, affordability and education around consuming healthy diets during pregnancy.”

Aluko Hope is a professor in the Department of Medicine, a pulmonologist, critical care doctor and the medical director of what is now called the Critical and Acute Illness Recovery and Engagement Program (CAIRE) Jen Arnold is a lead nurse with the program.

Dawn Nolt, M.D., says: “Measles is a serious and potentially life-threatening infection for individuals who haven’t received immunity through the MMR vaccine.” Guidance from Nolt as she emphasizes there is a highly safe and effective vaccine to help protect children and families, and the community at large, from measles, and to contact a health care provider with any concerns.

Aluko Hope, M.D., and Jen Arnold, RN, with OHSU’s Critical and Acute Illness Recovery and Engagement Program (CAIRE) speak with OPB’s “Think Out Loud” about what clinicians have learned after treating thousands of long COVID patients.

In response to a 9-year-old reader's question to "Ask Dr. Universe/Washington State University" about what happens when wisdom teeth are removed, David Carsten, D.D.S., tells the Spokesman Review: “The vast majority of people are going to have a problem with their wisdom teeth at some point in their life.”

Service Employees International Union, or SEIU, members support the integration, noting commitments to equal pay and training, as well as facility upgrades that would improve care at Legacy Health hospitals.

A new blood test developed by OHSU researchers that could help detect pancreatic cancer earlier, potentially improving survival rates for one of the deadliest cancers. Madappa Kundranda, M.D., with Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center says, “So this is one thing which requires a very small amount of blood. And blood draws, for the most part, are non-invasive, and the turnaround time is less than an hour.”

Media outlets cite OHSU research that hypothesizes exposure to cycad seed toxins can eventually lead to ALS-PDC, a rare, progressive neurodegenerative disease.

OHSU, UHC announce they have reached a good-faith agreement and are working to finalize new multi-year contracts.