MinKyoung Song, Ph.D., RN, describes her research, which finds children who have experienced adverse childhood experiences are more likely to receive too little or too much sleep, and how that can result in long-term health consequences.

The Portland Police Bureau East Precinct announces it has located its 300th stolen car, citing help from a unique collaboration between the police bureau and researchers at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute to help the bureau locate stolen cars through evidence-based data practices.

In a Health story on a study demonstrating the benefits of Tai Chi to improve memory and slow Parkinson’s disease, study co-author Kerri Winters-Stone, Ph.D., says: “We have to think about the long-term benefits of exercise. People get discouraged because they don’t see weight loss or other changes early on. But those things are happening, and they’re also preventing much more difficult things later on.”

Maureen Baldwin, M.D., leverages the social media platform TikTok to survey teens and young adults about their understanding of menstrual health, finding significant misconceptions and gaps in knowledge. Baldwin says, “This can be a scary topic to talk about… I think it’s important to normalize periods and discussions around periods.”

Collections from this year’s Doernbecher Freestyle auction are now available nationwide for purchase.

An Advnture article on the effectiveness of sun protective clothing cites a 2022 that compared four sun-protective fabrics against two broad spectrum sunscreens and concluded that, while sunscreen remains an important mode of protection, clothing “should be considered the cornerstone of UV protection.”

In a survey of higher-education institutions, the Portland Business Journal notes that OHSU added the most faculty among all universities and colleges in Oregon and Southwest Washington this fall.

Research by Bradley Petek, M.D., found 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 men and Blacks participating in other college sports.

Woman’s World magazine covers natural alternatives to strengthening bones, to reduce the risk of osteoporosis in older adults. Chaim Vanek, M.D., says, “You might fall down in your 20s, 30s, or 40s, and are able to get back up without breaking anything. But at some point in your 50s or beyond, bones lose their density and architectural structure. So that same type of fall you took 20 years ago can now cause a bone to crack.”

The Central Oregonian highlights Papé family’s deep roots in Crook County, including OHSU Foundation trustee Susie Papé’s role in providing living quarters for OHSU medical students while working rural rotations in the Prineville hospital.