Jonah Sacha, Ph.D., says a shortage of nonhuman primates is adversely impacting human health research, and says expanding domestic nonhuman primate breeding programs in the U.S. can help address this: “We shouldn’t be reliant on external countries for these animals that are really critical to our ability to test new therapeutics and vaccines and medicines.”

Heavy rains cause a landslide that blocks a portion of S.W. U.S. Veterans Hospital Road on the Marquam Hill campus. The road was closed for much of the day while Portland Bureau of Transportation crews worked to clear it.

Heavy rains cause a landslide that blocks a portion of S.W. U.S. Veterans Hospital Road on the Marquam Hill campus. The road was closed for much of the day while Portland Bureau of Transportation crews worked to clear it.

Research by Bradley Petek, M.D., finds that while sudden cardiac deaths in college athletes have decreased overall during the past 20 years, they have remained high in Division 1 men’s basketball players as well as in men and Black people.

OHSU and Legacy Health expect to present a definitive agreement to their boards in early 2024. “A tremendous amount of work has been happening during the due diligence process, including reviewing thousands of contracts and leases, conducting interviews with Legacy leaders and much more,” OHSU says in a statement.

Local media cover testimony by Todd Korthuis, M.D., during a hearing about Measure 110, with a focus on fentanyl, held by the Joint Interim Committee on Addiction and Community Safety Response. Korthuis describes how fentanyl works and says, “All of this leads to a much more addictive opioid than we’ve seen before, and that results in longer and more intense withdrawal symptoms and makes it more difficult to stay in recovery.”

Local media cover testimony by Todd Korthuis, M.D., during a hearing about Measure 110, with a focus on fentanyl, held by the Joint Interim Committee on Addiction and Community Safety Response. Korthuis describes how fentanyl works and says, “All of this leads to a much more addictive opioid than we’ve seen before, and that results in longer and more intense withdrawal symptoms and makes it more difficult to stay in recovery.”

Local media cover testimony by Todd Korthuis, M.D., during a hearing about Measure 110, with a focus on fentanyl, held by the Joint Interim Committee on Addiction and Community Safety Response. Korthuis describes how fentanyl works and says, “All of this leads to a much more addictive opioid than we’ve seen before, and that results in longer and more intense withdrawal symptoms and makes it more difficult to stay in recovery.”

In an Undark article on the side effects of cancer treatment, a study on patient-physician communication by Don Sullivan, M.D., is cited. Sullivan says patients themselves may be reluctant to discuss the extent of their side effects, rather than risk stopping the treatment. “I’ve always been impressed by what some patients will tolerate, and just not tell me that they are not doing well.”

An Undark article on the side effects of cancer treatment that quotes Don Sullivan, M.D.: “I’ve always been impressed by what some patients will tolerate, and just not tell me that they are not doing well,” adding that for a more candid take, he will often ask the patient’s spouse or other family member how their loved one is faring.