In a New York Times story on how to tell the difference between distraction and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, Joel Nigg, Ph.D., says the key to diagnosing the condition, requires “determining that it’s serious, it’s extreme” and it’s interfering with people’s lives.

A new statewide forecast led by Peter Graven, Ph.D., suggests Oregon hospitals will be under intense strain for the next several weeks managing a wave of critically ill infants and toddlers suffering from RSV. The forecast projects RSV hospitalizations, including infants and toddlers, could peak on Nov. 30.

Hundreds of residents in neurological surgery across the United States trained on a first-of-its-kind simulator, originally developed at OHSU, intended to mimic the type of real-life catastrophe they may face in operating rooms. Nate Selden, M.D., Ph.D., says: "This study shows that simulation of real, complex situations in the neurosurgical operating room is feasible and economical across an entire specialty."

Research led by Blair Peters, M.D., finds the human clitoris has more than 10,000 nerve fibers. Noting transmasculine patient volunteers who underwent gender-affirming phalloplasty surgery donated the clitoral tissue that made this study possible, Peters says: “If we start limiting care for one group, everyone else indirectly suffers too.”

For another, as physician Dawn Nolt, professor of pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, said in an email to Changing America, it is difficult to make something that is very safe in infants, who are most susceptible to RSV, and that stimulates their “immature immune systems” enough to protect them.

Holiday weekend closure of the Portland Aerial Tram.

Many OHSU Health providers are highlighted in Portland Monthly's annual listings for top nurse practitioners, midwives, and certified registered nurse anesthetists, top naturopaths, top massage therapists. Highlighted providers are selected through peer surveys.

In a story on the potential for an RSV vaccine, Dawn Nolt, M.D., says it is difficult to make something that is very safe in infants, who are most susceptible to RSV, and that stimulates their “immature immune systems” enough to protect them.

Continued coverage on Gov. Kate Brown's declaration of a public health emergency in response to the surge of RSV patients.

Flavio Rocha, M.D., will represent the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute at the 2022 Nixon National Cancer Conference, designed to focus on areas where cancer is leading the solution to patient problems