Doernbecher Children's Hospital's oldest and longest-serving nurse, Bancy Gatimu, 69, who retired in August after 43 years with the children's hospital, is one of 48 nurses nationwide "making headlines in 2022."

In coverage of the FDA’s approval of a Edwards Lifesciences transcatheter repair system for mitral heart valves, Firas Zahr, M.D., says: “The field of transcatheter mitral valve therapies is rapidly evolving and this approval is definitely a step in the right direction.”

In an Endocrine Today story about a promising new clinical trial testing osilodrostat to treat Cushing’s disease, Maria Fleseriu, M.D., says, “Cushing’s disease is a chronic condition, and many patients require prolonged pharmacological treatment. Therefore, evaluating long-term efficacy and safety of drug therapies in clinical trials is essential.”

Research shows chemotherapy can cause depression, and Susan Hedlund, LCSW, says there are steps to manage your mental well-being during treatment: “Keeping a healthy sleep regimen is good. So is trying to stay active. We used to tell people with chemotherapy-related fatigue to rest, but now we know it’s really the opposite that they need. Even just walking around the block or getting outside can have major mental health benefits"

To make mammograms more accessible, the Sandy Seventh-day Adventist Church will host the OHSU mobile mammography van Thursday, Sept. 22

In a Nature news article on the effectiveness of immunotherapy in treating patients with prostate cancer, Julie Graff, M.D., says: “Prostate cancers are like an onion: there are so many barriers to the immune system, and you must start peeling them away.”

STAT interviews Jeff Kaye, M.D., about the results of a new study that suggest slight improvements in cognition and memory among older adults taking a common multivitamin over three years. Kaye cautions, “You could score a point better when you take the test a year later, and it’s statistically significant. But does that translate into anything meaningful in a person’s life?”

Becker's Hospital Review covers the appointment of Qiana Williams as OHSU's first Chief People Officer and EVP; her appointment also is mentioned in two Becker's Hospital Review articles: "27 recent hospital, health system executive moves" and "13 women making moves in healthcare."

Projects led by Shannon McWeeney, Ph.D., David Dorr, M.D., M.S., and Kyle Ellrott, Ph.D., received funding from the NIH’s Bridge2AI program to support the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence in biomedical research to address ambitious issues facing researchers today.

Amy Cantor, M.D., M.P.H., is interviewed on OPB-Radio’s “Think Out Loud” program about her recently published study that found counseling as an effective method to prevent obesity in midlife women, ages 40 to 60. She says, “I think the message is that clinicians should have an awareness of the services so that they can provide them to their patients. And on the flip, that patients understand that these services are things they have access to.”