In a Health Central article on how to stay mentally strong during breast cancer treatment, Kerri Winters-Stone, Ph.D., says: “Studies in women with breast cancer show that about 30 minutes of aerobic or aerobic plus resistance exercise performed at least three days per week can reduce feelings of anxiety and depressive symptoms. Being able to go out and walk for a half hour, a few days per week, can really help.”

In a Cure Today story on the impact of immunotherapy in treating cancer of the biliary duct, Flavio Rocha, M.D., says: “They tend to be more aggressive malignancies. They tend to metastasize early, which makes (patients) ineligible for surgical resection, which is really to date the only potentially curative treatment.”

Canadian Medical Association Journal covers expanding use and regulation of psychedelic therapy in Canada, pointing to Oregon's law. Aryan Sarparast, M.D., tells the journal, “There are zero clinical studies to date on how psilocybin will affect people who are on psychiatric medications. Those that do exist are on healthy volunteers who are given a psychiatric medication for a couple weeks at most.”

The Oregonian reports a new bus rapid transit line along Division Street is experiencing delays. Michael Harrison, director of local government relations at OHSU, says a one-seat ride from east Portland to OHSU is still of value: “As a rider, I’d rather face the risk of having three or four minutes delay on occasion than needing to transfer buses every day. The tradeoff, while not perfect, is well worth it.”

A new law, spearheaded by Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer, that legalizes cannabis for research purposes. Bonnie Nagel, Ph.D., says, “This is going to really send us on a different trajectory and allow us to know, what are people using? How are people using it? What are the benefits and what are the harms and these are not things that we have been able to accurately address previously.”

Todd Korthuis, M.D., is leading a new project that aims to reduce illicit drug use and overdose deaths through contingency management, which offers small rewards like gift cards to patients with substance use disorder who modify their behavior.

Karen Gibbins, M.D., talks to OPB-Radio's Think Out Loud program about what we know about stillbirths and how examinations could give us a better understanding of why they happen, and how to prevent them. She says, “If we had not had that autopsy, my third child would have died as well.”

A study led by Adrienne Hughes, M.D., finds adolescent cannabis abuse has increased 245% since 2000 in the U.S., while alcohol abuse among teens has steadily declined over the same period.

Oregon Legislature testimony by Todd Korthuis, M.D., is quoted in coverage about the efficacy of drug decriminalization in Oregon. At the hearing, Korthuis notes that people issued a ticket for drug possession under the new law rarely call a hotline to access treatment and have their citation waived. He says, “Only 1% of those issued a ticket for drug possession requested information about treatment resources. In my discussions with treatment leaders around the state, not one has had any patient enroll in treatment due to these tickets.”

Oregon Legislature testimony by Todd Korthuis, M.D., is quoted in coverage about the efficacy of drug decriminalization in Oregon. At the hearing, Korthuis notes that people issued a ticket for drug possession under the new law rarely call a hotline to access treatment and have their citation waived. He says, “Only 1% of those issued a ticket for drug possession requested information about treatment resources. In my discussions with treatment leaders around the state, not one has had any patient enroll in treatment due to these tickets.”