Time reports on a new study that found three factors are linked to living many more years without dementia: having normal blood pressure, being diabetes-free and not smoking. Jeffrey Kaye, M.D., who was not involved in the study, says, “Trying to mitigate the risks of having certain conditions or health practices is really important.”

The Portland Business Journal profiles Shereef Elnahal, M.D., for a question-and-answer session covering a range of topics, from finances to his favorite aspects of living in Portland.

Hanna Gustafsson, Ph.D., and Elinor Sullivan, Ph.D., discuss findings from their OHSU study that shows kind and patient parenting can offset an increased risk of ADHD that children might have developed in the womb. Gustafsson says, “This is really exciting because it suggests that supportive relationships early in children's lives may be able to offset early biological risks of ADHD.”

A story from Jefferson Public Radio details how the city of Ashland is weighing how to use a $4 million payment from Asante, including the possibility of bringing an OHSU medical school program to the area.

Becker’s ASC Review reports on U.S. News & World Report’s top hospitals in the U.S. for ophthalmology, including OHSU Casey Eye Institute.

OHSU was ranked the No. 1 hospital in Oregon by U.S. News & World Report for 2026-27, with four adult specialties placing among the nation’s top 50, including ophthalmology (#14), cancer care, (#25) gastroenterology and GI surgery (#35), and geriatrics (#50). Andreas Lauer, M.D., says, “We are gratified to be recognized nationally for the excellence our team delivers to Oregonians day in and day out."

STAT News reports that medical schools and health systems are debating whether AI scribes help train future physicians or undermine learning by reducing the cognitive work involved in writing clinical notes. Logan Jones, M.D., says, “It’s really context-dependent on what is your appetite to engage with AI,” noting that use of AI scribes by program leadership themselves may influence how educators approach trainee access, and that residency programs may allow AI scribe usage for trainees who meet specific learning competencies or based on their year of training.

After two years of losses, OHSU reports a preliminary positive operating margin of 2.2%, record research grant funding of $550 million and strong student enrollment growth. Shereef Elnahal, M.D., M.B.A., says, “We are proud of our teams across all missions at OHSU — clinical care, science and education — for accomplishing extraordinary things as they do every year, all while operating more efficiently. It has paid off. We broke records on patient volumes, treated the most complex conditions in our history, surpassed previous performance on grants and extramural funding, and took a positive step in a long-term journey to financial health."

In a column in The Hospitalist, Meghna Shah, M.D., and colleagues write about a program using the federal three-day methadone dispensing rule that aims to bridge patients with opioid use disorder from hospital discharge to ongoing treatment and improve continuity of care. “As we gain more experience from our inpatient bridge-to-care programs, we hope to implement similar processes in our emergency departments to facilitate new methadone initiation and improve transitions to OTPs,” they write.

Reno Hammond, an OHSU nursing student, developed a health-needs assessment program for Baker School District families that was implemented during student registration to help identify and address community health needs.