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YorLabs Completes First Clinical Procedure Using FDA-Cleared Zero-CapEx Intracardiac Imaging System

PR Newswire January 12, 2026
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.”

OHSU president urges Oregon lawmakers to keep graduate medical funding

KGW-TV January 12, 2026
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.

Missing sleep may take a hidden toll on your brain and longevity, research reveals

FOX News January 11, 2026
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.”

Breast cancer drug boosts leukemia treatment, OHSU-led study finds

The Cancer Letter January 09, 2026
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."

The One Question Parents Need To Ask Before Every Playdate

Parents January 09, 2026
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.”

How Audiologists and Researchers Are Shaping Military Hearing Health Practices

ENT Today January 09, 2026
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.”
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