Research by Vijayshree Yadav, M.D., finds people with MS may have reduced fatigue if they also eat foods low in fat, saying: “We are able to show that dietary changes can play a significant role in symptom management in people with multiple sclerosis.”

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.”

While providing outside expert commentary on a study that found about a third of adults with high lipoprotein cholesterol don’t know it or aren’t receiving treatment, Jonathan Purnell, M.D., says lack of insurance may be a contributing factor.

On Track! OHSU co-sponsors a Nov. 17 educational day in honor of Native American Heritage Month at Chiloquin Junior/Senior High School.

OHSU is among several organizations to award Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District grants.

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.

While OHSU hasn’t made significant operational adjustments because of the Portland teachers strike so far, Sara Hottman says, “We know many individual OHSU members are now balancing both work and increased family needs.”

A story about Texas having one of the highest rates of uninsured kids in the nation notes a 2016 OHSU study found children who are eligible for public insurance and have uninsured parents were 14 times more likely to be uninsured.

Research by Bradley Petek, M.D., found that while sudden cardiac deaths in college athletes have decreased overall during the past 20 years, they have remained high in Division 1 men’s basketball players as well as men and Blacks participating in other college sports.

The OHSU and UC Davis medical schools partner through the California Oregon Medical Partnership to Address Disparities in Rural Education and Health, or COMPADRE, to send medical students and residents to clinics and hospitals in rural and other underserved communities in Oregon and Northern California, including the joint OHSU-Sky Lakes Medical Center Cascades East Family Medicine Center in Klamath Falls.