The Cancer Letter recaps their most-read stories of the year, including the Knight Cancer Institute record-setting $2 billion gift.

Local news outlets report on a tentative agreement between OHSU and AFSCME Local Union 328.

OHSU researchers contribute to a collaborative new analysis providing crucial insight into the rapid growth in concierge and direct primary care.

OHSU researchers contribute to a collaborative new analysis providing crucial insight into the rapid growth in concierge and direct primary care.

The Oregonian reports on Tatas for Toys, a longstanding donor of toys for young OHSU patients during the holiday season.

Local news outlets report on a tentative agreement between OHSU and AFSCME Local Union 328.

OHSU President Shereef Elnahal, M.D., highlights ongoing hospital capacity challenges and how to remain safe and healthy this winter. He says, “We routinely have to board patients in hallways and triage them as they’re waiting in the waiting room so we can find a bed for them. We continue to see record patient visits every single year. Every year is higher than the year before.”

OHSU President Shereef Elnahal, M.D., highlights ongoing hospital capacity challenges and how to remain safe and healthy this winter. He says, “We routinely have to board patients in hallways and triage them as they’re waiting in the waiting room so we can find a bed for them. We continue to see record patient visits every single year. Every year is higher than the year before.”

More screenings are being developed and used to detect evidence of disease in bodily fluids. But questions remain about reliability and implications for care.

In a Medscape story about whether hormone replacement therapy may affect body weight, Jonathan Purnell, M.D., says, “During the menopausal transition, affecting approximately 20% to 30% of women by current estimates, both an increase in weight and accelerated central distribution can occur. The cause or causes of this remain unknown but are obviously linked to the dramatic drop in estrogen.”