OHSU research reveals numerical concepts are processed deep in an ancient part of the human brain.

An analysis examining how the loneliness epidemic influences cancer rates and mortality in the U.S. Study author Kerri Winters-Stone, Ph.D., says, “I think it’s a bigger problem than we’re acknowledging.”

Paula Amato, M.D., provides context for a Washington Post story highlighting frequently asked questions about gender transition care for minors, including explaining puberty blockers and whether cross-sex hormones impact fertility. Amato says, "There’s a lot of misinformation out there. I hear often that puberty blockers are going to sterilize children, and it’s just not true.”

In a Women's Health story on new tools that can help with pain and bleeding associated with the insertion of IUDs, Alison Edelman, M.D., says, “Sometimes those [innovations] don’t end up being things that work for everybody for every situation, but if we don’t innovate and try, then we never get to a better place, right?”

An OHSU study finds that despite a heavy infusion of public and private support during the COVID-19 pandemic, Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries in Oregon reported housing and food insecurity increased while nationwide data show beneficiaries whose basic needs were addressed in a health care visit were healthier on average. “Together, these findings drive home the point that health care organizations need to think about the social care of their patients,” says Anne King, M.B.A.

In a Neurology Today story about new OHSU research revealing a correlation between poor sleep and physiological impacts on the brain in adolescents, Seva Khambadkone, M.D., Ph.D., says, “A lot of work remains to be done, and we have a lot of questions, but I think one takeaway is that maybe one day we will start thinking about pediatric glymphatic health in a similar way that we think about childhood obesity.”

Neurology Today covers a compensation survey of women neurologists presented during the Child Neurology Society annual meeting. Xinran Maria Xiang, M.D., says, “At my current institution, there was a major salary readjustment that took place a couple of years before I was hired, and now there is a lot more transparency.”

An analysis examining how the loneliness epidemic influences cancer rates and mortality in the U.S. Study author Kerri Winters-Stone, Ph.D., says, “I think it’s a bigger problem than we’re acknowledging.”

OPB's "All Science, No Fiction" highlights research led by Larry Sherman, Ph.D., on a type of plant-derived chemical compound found in flowers that may be useful in treating cancer and conditions such as multiple sclerosis.

In an Axios article highlighting the phenomenon that smartphones, social media and constant internet access have eroded young people’s ability to focus, Bonnie Nagel, Ph.D., says: "In life, there are going to be many times where we’re going to have to pay attention to slower things or things that are more boring, where our attention skills are going to be required."