Katie Au, M.D., and Katherine Jorda, M.D., speak to OPB about OHSU's Perinatal Trauma Clinic, one of only a handful of clinics nationwide that aims to support parents who have experienced trauma around birth or pregnancy.

Amy Cantor, M.D., conducts a systematic review to update the 2015 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations on screening for iron deficiency anemia and iron deficiency during pregnancy.

Eric Roeland, M.D., discusses the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute’s Symptom Science program, which is designed to mitigate toxicities and improve quality of life for people with cancer: “As we continue to develop highly effective drugs to treat cancer, we also need to prioritize that these treatments don’t have long-term side effects that limit the quality of life and independence of cancer survivors. It’s important that we co-develop strategies to minimize toxicities because patients are living with these effects, and they have equal importance in the development of drugs.”

Amy Cantor, M.D., conducts a systematic review to update the 2015 U.S.Preventive Services Task Force recommendations on screening for iron deficiency anemia and iron deficiency during pregnancy.

Eric Roeland, M.D., discusses the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute’s Symptom Science program, which is designed to mitigate toxicities and improve quality of life for people with cancer: “As we continue to develop highly effective drugs to treat cancer, we also need to prioritize that these treatments don’t have long-term side effects that limit the quality of life and independence of cancer survivors. It’s important that we co-develop strategies to minimize toxicities because patients are living with these effects, and they have equal importance in the development of drugs.”

The Statesman Journal shares photos from the ¡Salud! mobile clinic teaming up with OHSU registered nurses and medical students to provide health care to vineyard farmworkers in Dayton, Oregon.

Charles Blanke, M.D., contributes to a Kaiser Health News story on patients who travel out-of-state to receive Medical Aid in Dying care. He says that just because patients are willing to travel doesn’t mean it’s easy or that they get their desired outcome. "The law is pretty strict about what has to be done," he says.

A new study supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, finds that while routine prenatal iron supplementation reduces the incidence of iron deficiency and related anemia during pregnancy, there is no significant effect on maternal or infant health outcomes. Study co-author Amy Cantor, M.D., says, "There’s a lot of marketing out there targeting various vitamins and supplements for pregnant people, and it can be overwhelming. It’s best to keep it simple: If you don’t have any risk factors outlined by your clinician, then a standard prenatal vitamin should be sufficient to ensure a healthy pregnancy."

In an Investigate NW piece on a lack of access to health care affecting Native Americans and Alaska Natives across Washington, David Radley, Ph.D., says, "If you don’t have health insurance, it doesn’t matter how good the quality of care in your particular state is — without health insurance, when people can’t get in the door, you guys can have the best health care in the world. But if everyone’s stuck outside, it doesn’t really matter.”

Continued coverage on an OHSU study that discovered potential impacts of poor air quality for patients undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment, or IVF. Molly Kornfield, M.D., says, "'Our hope is that this research informs preparedness measures that can ensure the best possible outcomes for our patients when we do face these serious air quality crises."