The Oregonian features a Marshfield High School wrestler who spent 51 days at OHSU following a spinal injury and is now back home in Coos Bay.

In a KFF Health News story published by CBS News, The Oregonian and other outlets across the country, Brett Dodson says OHSU’s program to provide RV parking spaces for patients and families is an option for many families driving from eight to 10 hours away. He says, “They’ve seen the rural clinics and they need to come to that next level. When they do, I think they’re more comfortable with an RV than they are trying to find a hotel.”

Construction Dive writes about the use of drone photography in construction projects, highlighting Skanska USA’s careful use of a drone above and around the OHSU Hospital Expansion Project near a helipad atop OHSU Hospital.

Stuart Ibsen, Ph.D., describes the results from a promising new study that isolated exosomes circulating in the blood, providing valuable information about people’s health that may lead to early disease detection. He says: “This is a major step forward in understanding how to achieve enhancement of electrokinetic based nanoparticle collection. I look forward to seeing how the advancements we make with the technique improve the capability of diagnostic tools to detect and analyze diseases."

"On Saturday, a life was tragically cut short by gun violence at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center. Our hearts are with the many people who are impacted by this tragic event. Oregon Health & Science University is doing everything possible to support our colleagues at Legacy Health. OHSU’s Department of Public Safety is closely monitoring the incident at Good Samaritan and remains committed to supporting and protecting OHSU health care professionals, patients and staff. The department regularly assesses our policies and procedures to ensure the safety of all who seek and provide care at OHSU."

A shoe design from Freestyle, Nike's annual fundraiser for Doernbecher Children's Hospital, is featured in a Hypebeast article on Nike's 10 Best "What The" shoe releases.

OHSU is among an increasing number of hospitals that bill for the time and expertise used for providers to respond to more complex patient requests sent via electronic health portals such as MyChart.

STAT writes about new blood tests capable of detecting biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease in people who are otherwise symptom-free. Joseph Quinn, M.D., says: “That’s where the availability of home tests for Alzheimer’s disease become challenging because you can have somebody who may have biomarker evidence of Alzheimer pathology, no symptoms at all, maybe they’re not going to be symptomatic for a decade or more. And if they get the information that they have Alzheimer’s disease, it can lead to suboptimal life decisions.”

Animal research led by OHSU and Oregon State University finds a new drug delivery system shows promise for increasing the efficacy of methotrexate, the medicine used to treat ectopic pregnancies.

Researchers from OHSU and the Oregon State University College of Pharmacy have developed a drug delivery system that shows promise for greatly enhancing the efficacy of the medicine given to women with the life-threatening condition of ectopic pregnancy, which occurs when a fertilized egg implants somewhere other than the lining of the uterus.