New research from the Portland VA Health Care System and OHSU, led by Alan Teo, M.D., finds social media can be a good way to get veterans’ family and friends enrolled in suicide prevention training.

Flavio Rocha, M.D., discusses the evolving landscape of biliary tract cancers. "It has been an exciting time in cholangiocarcinoma with all the new molecular information and all the new drug development."

In a Health article on potential side effects of the new bivalent vaccine booster, Bill Messer, M.D., Ph.D., says: "Your body is being told that it needs to learn how to respond if it comes across this virus. It requires tickling your body's own immune system to get it to respond to that little bit of a tickle, and that often feels like getting sick."

The Argus Observer republishes an OHSU News story on the increasing rate of dangerous falls in older populations.

A report issued by OHSU and the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health demonstrates a shortage in the state's addiction counselors and treatment facilities.

In a Wall Street Journal article on donor-conceived children, Paula Amato, M.D., says the American Society for Reproductive Medicine is assembling a task force to assess ways to educate pediatricians and other medical professionals on how to discuss the value of early disclosure with parents.

The Portland Business Journal reports on the Oregon Supreme Court's decision to send an OHSU lawsuit back to appeals court.

In an OregonLive article on the dangerous trend of cooking chicken in NyQuil, or "sleepy chicken," the Oregon Poison Control Center at OHSU reports it hasn't received any reports of individuals misusing the medication in this way.

In a tribute to Nicholas Vogelzang, a world-renowned genitourinary oncologist who recently passed, Charles Blanke, M.D., says: "I turned to Nick when a personal friend developed a cancer within his area of expertise. Although most of us are fairly willing to give advice, his thoroughness of follow-up on my friend’s case was a brilliant model for physicians everywhere."

In an Insider article on nausea after eating, David Clarke, M.D., says acid reflux occurs when stomach acid flows up into the esophagus and inflames it, which can trigger nausea.