Andrew McHill, M.D., shares insight with KPQ-Radio about health and safety concerns around daylight saving time: "Just to be mindful that things are going to be a little harder. So, if you could take a little bit more care on that drive to work, be aware that your performance is going to be down a little bit."

Continued media coverage on a team of OHSU researchers led by Jared Fischer, Ph.D., and Jose Montoya Mira, Ph.D., who developed a new blood test that identifies hard-to-detect pancreatic cancer with 85% accuracy. Montoya says, “There is no real test that is directly pointing at pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer usually comes out as a problem that is found from many other symptoms.”

A new study led by Jane Lange, Ph.D., confirms the risk of developing breast cancer is 1.7 times higher for women with dense breasts, and that breast density plays a significant role in both the risk of breast cancer diagnosis and the sensitivity of mammography. Lange says, “Even after accounting for differences in screening sensitivity, we found that breast density is strongly linked to cancer risk."

In a The Scientist profile, Carolyn Schutt Ibsen, Ph.D., discusses her decision to work with Sadik Esener, Ph.D., in cancer early detection, starting her own lab at OHSU where she applies tissue engineering and energy-responsive materials toward developing tumor models and improving drug delivery, at the intersection of interdisciplinary research. “There’s really exciting things that can happen when engineers talk to biologists or when material scientists talk to people in engineering fields,” she says.

“This is the first empirical evidence that we know of that there has been a workforce response to the post-Dobbs landscape,” Jane M. Zhu, MD, MPP, an associate professor of medicine at Oregon Health and Science University, told Healio.

Healio covers a new OHSU publication that finds OB/GYN practitioners fell by 4.2% after the Dobbs court decision overturning Roe v. Wade’s access to abortion services, leading to restrictive laws in many states. Jane Zhu, M.D., says, “Health care providers are like any other group—they can vote with their feet. These shifts have enormous ramifications for care access and quality.”

In an Education pullout section of USA Today covering education and health care, Miranda Lim, M.D., Ph.D., is interviewed by Elias Wisdom, M.D., Ph.D., about the challenges of running a research lab while delivering uncompromising patient care. She says, “As a physician-scientist, you get to work on the front lines of patient care while thinking deeply about how research can solve real-world problems. It’s not just science for science’s sake — it’s about saving lives.”

A new study led by Jane Lange, Ph.D., confirms the risk of developing breast cancer is 1.7 times higher for women with dense breasts, and that breast density plays a significant role in both the risk of breast cancer diagnosis and the sensitivity of mammography. Lange says, “Even after accounting for differences in screening sensitivity, we found that breast density is strongly linked to cancer risk.”

The study’s lead author, Jane Lange, Ph.D., a staff scientist at the Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute’s Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center, said dense breast tissue not only increases cancer risk, but also makes it harder to detect tumors through routine mammograms. Breast density, which refers to the amount of fatty versus glandular tissue in the breast, has long been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer.

Bypassing referrals to allergists and using electronic consults to reassess if patients are allergic to penicillin may be faster and more convenient than usual care, according to OHSU research presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology 2025 Annual Meeting.