Research led by Ruth Napier, Ph.D., indicates patients with the autoimmune condition ankylosing spondylitis who have a particular mutation in the CARD9 gene may respond well to biologic treatments that inhibit the protein IL-17.

In a story from The Daily Mail, Erick Turner, M.D., discusses concerns about reported side effects from Ozempic, a drug being used widely for weight loss, saying “the evidence of a link between Ozempic and suicide is becoming more credible.”

While explaining why heart disease is more common in LGBTQIA+ people, Jennifer Huang, M.D., says: “LGBTQIA+ people often deal with different types of stress avoidance of health care and familial rejection.”

Hidemi Kajimoto, M.D., is awarded a $5,000 medical training grant from the Heartfelt Dreams Foundation, which seeks to improve congenital heart disease care.

In a story about sudden cardiac arrest risk factors in Latinos, Joaquin Cigarroa, M.D., says health disparities may partly explain why Latinos are more likely to have end-stage kidney disease that requires dialysis: “Hispanics have a high prevalence of diabetes and high blood pressure along with lipid abnormalities. Due to social disparities including lower rates of insurance and access, individuals present later and have complications of diabetes including chronic kidney disease and higher rates of consequent dialysis.”

The Statesman Journal reports that COVID-19 cases in Oregon are on the rise. Peter Graven, Ph.D., says, “You’re not imagining that more of your friends are getting COVID.”

Alyssa Colwill, M.D., discusses the challenges of ensuring residents and medical students can receive adequate training in abortion care: “A lot of programs are grappling with the logistics piece of partnering with another institution to send a resident somewhere else.”

Alyssa Colwill, M.D., discusses the challenges of ensuring residents and medical students can receive adequate training in abortion care: “A lot of programs are grappling with the logistics piece of partnering with another institution to send a resident somewhere else.”

Alexandra Sokolova, M.D., discusses the importance of genetic testing in patients with prostate cancer. She says: “It's also important to tell their family members so we can identify those family members who carry the same germline mutation in order to detect cancer early and do some cancer prevention strategy for both men and women.”

Megan Burger, Ph.D., was awarded the Lung Cancer Discovery Award from the American Lung Association Research Institute to study T cell function and better understand how these cells interact with lung cancer. Burger says: “Our work focuses on the design of therapeutic cancer vaccines that we hope will provide a more effective treatment option for lung cancer patients.”