Axios reports on research led by Kristin Prewitt, M.D., and Jamie Lo, M.D., that finds the rate of opioid use during pregnancy has risen two-fold over the past decade; Lo says: "The real situation is more dire and more severe.”

Continued news coverage of OHSU research correlating sufficient sleep with life expectancy.

Research led by Andrew McHill, Ph.D., finds that as a behavioral driver for life expectancy, sleep stands out more than any other factor except smoking: "I didn't expect it to be so strongly correlated to life expectancy. We’ve always thought sleep is important, but this research really drives that point home: People really should strive to get seven to nine hours of sleep if at all possible.”

YorLabs issues press release announcing the first clinical procedure using FDA-cleared Zero-CapEX Intracardiac Imaging System was conducted at OHSU by Saket Sanghai, M.D., and Firas Zahr, M.D.; Sanghai says: "This first procedure represents an important step forward for how intracardiac imaging can be delivered in the cath lab”; Zahr adds: "Having access to high-quality intracardiac imaging without the constraints of traditional capital equipment is compelling.”

Media outlets highlight the importance of continued state funding of Graduate Medical Education, following the monthly media availability with President Shereef Elnahal, M.D., M.B.A., featuring Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education Joyce Hollander-Rodriquez, M.D.

Research led by Roger Chou, M.D., that found cannabis products that carry relatively high levels of the psychoactive compound tetrahydrocannabinol, commonly known as THC, may provide short-term improvements in pain and function.

Research led by Andrew McHill, Ph.D., finds that as a behavioral driver for life expectancy, sleep stands out more than any other factor except smoking: "I didn't expect it to be so strongly correlated to life expectancy. We’ve always thought sleep is important, but this research really drives that point home: People really should strive to get seven to nine hours of sleep if at all possible.”

The Cancer Letter reports on an OHSU study led by Melissa Stewart, Ph.D., that found a new drug combination that may help people with acute myeloid leukemia overcome resistance to one of the most common frontline therapies; Stewart says, "Of the 25 drug combinations tested, venetoclax plus palbociclib was the most effective. That really motivated us to dig deeper into why it works so well, and why it appears to overcome resistance seen with current therapy."

In Parents magazine article on parents talking to other parents about guns in the home before a playdate or sleepover, Ben Hoffman, M.D., says: "While tackling the crisis of gun violence may feel like an incredibly complicated and difficult task, we actually have more in common than we think, especially when we center it around our children’s safety. If we start conversations from the common ground we do share, there are tangible nonpartisan actions everyone can take to bend the curve of gun violence and decrease its impact on children and teens.”

In an ENT Today article on preserving the hearing health of military service members, Kelly Reavis, Ph.D., says in her ongoing NOISE study, “We have observed that veterans exposed to military noise, blasts, or traumatic brain injuries exhibit a higher prevalence of both hearing loss and tinnitus.”