While discussing a new Commonwealth Fund report on health equity for which he led data analysis, David Radley, Ph.D., says that while Oregon fairs better than most states, “There are still big disparities. There’s still a lot of improvement to be made.” For example, the death rate before age 75 for treatable causes is about twice as high for Black Oregonians when compared with white Oregonians.

Media outlets follow coverage from The New York Times about a study that finds some differences in physical performance between transgender and cisgender athletes, using a quote from Joanna Harper, Ph.D., who says, “The idea that trans women are going to take over women’s sports is ludicrous,” and adds that blanket bans of transgender athletes are “unnecessary and unjustified.”

The American Society for Radiation Oncology, or ASTRO, names Erin Kaya, M.D., one of 15 Emerging Advocacy Grassroots Leadership grantees that will participate in the 2024 Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C.

Stories about Elks lodges in Milton-Freewater and John Day note the Oregon State Elks’ longstanding support of pediatric patients treated by the OHSU Casey Eye Institute and its Elks Children’s Eye Clinic.

Stories about Elks lodges in Milton-Freewater and John Day note the Oregon State Elks’ longstanding support of pediatric patients treated by the OHSU Casey Eye Institute and its Elks Children’s Eye Clinic.

The East Oregonian profiles OHSU patient Andrew Clark, of Pendleton, who is enrolled in four clinical trials through OHSU with the hope of contributing to research that eventually helps others living with Alzheimer's. “I’m not afraid of dying at all. I have a disease that’s invariably fatal,” he says. “How can I live out whatever is left, which is limited? How do we handle that? So this is what I would share with someone else who is at this stage of Alzheimer’s disease.”

At the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting, Ivana Jankovic, M.D., presents about using ChatGPT to translate medical jargon into patient-friendly language. Jankovic says, “It did a really good job of breaking this down for the patient. Not only did it do this without me asking, it gave tips. It can make your job faster and easier. It can take things to the level of your patient without you expending effort for it.”

At the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting, Ivana Jankovic, M.D., presents about using ChatGPT to translate medical jargon into patient-friendly language. Jankovic says, “It did a really good job of breaking this down for the patient. Not only did it do this without me asking, it gave tips. It can make your job faster and easier. It can take things to the level of your patient without you expending effort for it."

The aerial tram is ranked No. 9 in Time Out's list of the top 10 best public transport in the United States.

Shivaani Kummar, M.D., moderates a press conference at the annual American Association for Cancer Research meeting and facilitates a discussion on accelerated approvals. She says she welcomes faster access to new treatments for her patients, but notes that once drugs have received accelerated approval and are available on the market, confirmatory trials can be more difficult to conduct because patients and their doctors may be hesitant to accept the possibility of randomization to a control group.