A study by Maureen Baldwin, M.D., found U.S. young adult TikTok users have significant misconceptions about the safety of period management options. Baldwin says: “Due to insufficient menstrual health education at school, these conversations are often left to families and friends, who may be perpetuate myths rooted in religious or cultural norms and biases. This can create a dangerous cycle of misinformation.”

Research by Julie Doberne, M.D., Ph.D., finds smartphone-based digital health applications help transcatheter aortic valve replacement patients achieve better outcomes 90 days after undergoing a replacement procedure.

Atul Deodhar, M.D., tells Healio Rheumatology that a study found an intravenous form of the axial spondylarthritis therapy secukinumab met all primary efficacy endpoints and was safe, adding: “We thought that the option of an IV preparation of secukinumab would offer flexibility in treatment decisions made by patients and providers, especially in the United States, considering the medical insurance landscape.”

A story discussing whether Central Oregon law enforcement collaborates with Idaho law officers investigating Idaho residents coming to Oregon for abortion care notes Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek partnered with OHSU to obtain a three-year supply of the abortion drug mifepristone.

In a story about how illegal monkey smuggling may impact scientific research, Jonah Sacha, Ph.D., shares an anecdote about how his lab couldn’t use a small group of legally imported, captive-bred nonhuman primates after one was found to have latent tuberculosis. Sacha says: “That cost hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage and delayed our research by many years.”

Experts at OHSU hospital say they've seen more of in older patients, a 91% jump from six years ago.

In a story about Douglas County being having one of the rates of firearm injury emergency department visits during the past five years, Susan DeFrancesco, J.D., describes why OHSU is compiling firearm death and emergency department visit data: “The ultimate goal is to prevent and reduce firearm injury across the state by providing credible, reliable data for the purpose of informing firearm injury prevention efforts.”

More than 150 physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants across the Legacy Health system receive union recognition. They cited in part the proposed integration of Legacy by OHSU as motivation for their unionization effort.

More than 150 physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants across the Legacy Health system receive union recognition. They cited in part the proposed integration of Legacy by OHSU as motivation for their unionization effort.

More than 150 physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants across the Legacy Health system receive union recognition. They cited in part the proposed integration of Legacy by OHSU as motivation for their unionization effort.