Continued coverage of research published by Archie Bleyer, M.D., and colleagues shows improvement in survival rates of young adults insured under provisions of the Affordable Care Act of 2010. Bleyer says the ACA's extended coverage for youth "allowed young adults with cancer who were covered by it to live longer and more likely be cured.”

A new study led by George Thomas, M.D., finds a form of castration-resistant prostate cancer found in castrated male dogs shares molecular features with castration-resistant prostate cancer in humans.

In an NIH Director's Blog post about improving primary care research, Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., director of the National Institutes of Health, writes that OHSU is among three of the first institutions awarded grants to support Network Research Hubs to improve access to research that improves medical care in “communities historically underrepresented in clinical research.”

The brain has a waste-disposal system that clears away junk proteins that contribute to the development of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, a new OHSU study finds.

Juan Piantino, M.D., talks about a new OHSU study that for the first time definitively confirms the existence of a waste-clearance system in the human brain through imaging of five OHSU neurosurgery patients.

In an OHSU News story, Juan Piantino, M.D., says, “Nobody has shown it before now. I was always skeptical about it myself, and there are still a lot of skeptics out there who still don’t believe it. That’s what makes this finding so remarkable.”

Continued coverage of research published by Archie Bleyer, M.D., and colleagues shows improvement in survival rates of young adults insured under provisions of the Affordable Care Act of 2010. Bleyer says the ACA's extended coverage for youth "allowed young adults with cancer who were covered by it to live longer and more likely be cured.”

In a Globe Newswire release, Vancouver-based CytoDyn announces Jonah Sacha, Ph.D., will present research during an international HIV Research for Prevention Conference in Peru regarding the potential of combining early antiretroviral therapy with a novel immunotherapy approach in HIV. He says, “These results demonstrate a previously unappreciated synergy between CCR5 blockade and antibody neutralization that opens the door to a new approach for an HIV cure that should be explored further.”

In a story about the possibility of new weight loss drugs reducing the risk of neurologic disorders, Brain & Life magazine reports that neurologists have long seen an association between weight loss and improvement of symptoms in multiple sclerosis. Dennis Bourdette, M.D., says, “Our MS center has a handful of patients taking GLP-1 receptor agonists. We often see a reduction in symptoms and an improvement in daily functioning among those who have had a fairly dramatic weight loss through dieting, exercise and sometimes bariatric surgery. Losing weight improves energy, strength, and balance and helps prevent injury to joints caused by obesity.”

The Observer of Sacramento covers a walking club in to promote walking and socializing among older adults, citing a recent OHSU study led by Raina Croff, Ph.D., that found an innovative OHSU walking and reminiscence program improved cognition among older Black adults.