A Lund Report story on patients who pay for Medicare Advantage plans but can’t reach mental health providers cites an OHSU study that found as many as nearly six in every 10 providers listed in Oregon Health Plan directories did not see patients in the Medicaid-funded plan.

Anna Bar, M.D., shares insight on the value of transparency and relationship building between clinicians practicing dermatologic care and Mohs surgeons in advance of American College of Mohs Surgery Meeting.

David Spencer, M.D., discusses the importance of patient safety in a first-in-human trial of NRTX-1001 GABAergic interneuron cell therapy for focal epilepsy.

In a piece describing how activists and organizers respond to discouragement, Blair Peters, M.D., says: “When it feels like change is not happening, or is moving in the wrong direction, I choose to see the change around me.”

Karen Gibbins, M.D., is among a number of maternal-fetal medicine specialists nationwide to share their thoughts on what people should know about stillbirths; she says the idea that babies don’t move as much at the end of pregnancy is a dangerous myth: “You might hear that babies slow down at the end. They don’t slow down. They just have a little less space. So their movements are a little different, but they should be as strong and as frequent.”

Anti-animal research group files complaint with the USDA about the Oregon National Primate Research Center.

In a story about St. Charles Health’s decision to stop providing planned surgeries in Prineville, Robert Duehmig says there are multiple challenges facing rural health and “Reducing surgical services in any rural community typically requires patients to drive longer in order to receive necessary health services. This creates additional barriers to accessing care, which can cause people to either delay seeking treatment or not receive treatment, and can also increase poor health outcomes in the affected area."

Sanjay Malhotra, Ph.D., is one of seven Indian-American scientists honored for their contributions to cancer research by the Society of American Asian Scientists in Cancer Research.

A panel discussion from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting featured comments from Lisa Coussens, Ph.D., and Brandon Hayes-Lattin, M.D., on the difficult choices a patient faces when cancer is diagnosed during pregnancy. Hayes-Lattin says: “We are in a unique position to advocate for our patients by helping to develop and refine expert medical guidelines and educating everyone about the complexity of these issues and the need to support informed decision-making by women facing pregnancy and cancer."

Karen Gibbins, M.D., is among a number of maternal-fetal medicine specialists nationwide to share their thoughts on what people should know about stillbirths; she says the idea that babies don’t move as much at the end of pregnancy is a dangerous myth: “You might hear that babies slow down at the end. They don’t slow down. They just have a little less space. So their movements are a little different, but they should be as strong and as frequent.”