An OregonLive Letter from the Editor on unclaimed remains of people in Oregon mentions that OHSU has not accepted indigent remains since 2009.

A Livestrong article on "10 Things Gynecologists Wish You'd Stop Doing at Your Checkups" links to an OHSU Center for Women's Health article noting that painful periods that affect your day-to-day life aren't normal.

Continued coverage on a first-known study led by Bethany Samuelson Bannow, M.D., finds many menstrual products had a much lower or higher liquid capacity than advertised when real blood was used instead of a saline solution more commonly employed in the product development process.

Continued media coverage on OHSU and Legacy Health's announcement they have signed a nonbinding letter of intent to combine and create a comprehensive, integrated health system that will offer high-quality, essential health care services to patients throughout Oregon, the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

Andrew Ahmann, M.D., writes an op-ed for the Portland Tribune urging the Oregon Health Authority to "level the playing field", allowing diabetes patients on Medicaid to attain this Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) by matching Medicare policy and recommendations from multiple informed national organizations.

While discussing light therapy, also known as phototherapy, as a proven treatment for the dermatological condition psoriasis, Teri M. Greiling, M.D., Ph.D., notes the treatment can cause temporary itching and sunburnt skin.

Continued media coverage on OHSU and Legacy Health's announcement they have signed a nonbinding letter of intent to combine and create a comprehensive, integrated health system that will offer high-quality, essential health care services to patients throughout Oregon, the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

The Portland Business Journal reports that OHSU is proposing to spend $3 million on a safety study and security measures as part of its latest contract offer to the Oregon Nurses Association.

Christopher Slatore, M.D., will serve on the project engagement advisory board for a new Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) project designed to build capacity and patient engagement within a "stigmatized lung cancer community."

Two OHSU employees, Liz Marx and Robin Shrout, R.N., joined a Hood to Coast relay team named "Will Power" in honor of Will Krajewski, who passed away from cancer at 17 years old. Marx says: "I think first I want to thank him (Will). I think I'm braver because of him."