Lynn M. Marshall, Sc.D., and Susan J. Hayflick, M.D., are part of a research team that developed a biomarker blood test that may provide a better way to diagnose and monitor aortic aneurysms and dissections, both of which can be fatal.

Zheng Xia, Ph.D., and his team collaborate with the University of Michigan on a study suggesting androgen receptor inhibitors can fundamentally rewire and reshape how prostate tumors function.

OHSU’s new statewide COVID-19 forecast highlights the importance of receiving a flu vaccine as well as the new bivalent booster for COVID-19. Peter Graven, Ph.D., says, “Your flu vaccine is extremely important this year -– and certainly more than it has been in the last two years, when we had virtually no flu that was circulating.”

An interview with Alan Teo, M.D., regarding the use of a promising new technique to provide suicide prevention training to loved ones of military veterans:

The National Drowning Prevention Alliance hosted in September the industry's first research summit solely dedicated to water safety and drowning prevention for children and adolescents; Ben Hoffman, M.D., participated and said: "It was incredible to see all of the national leaders in child drowning prevention gathered in one room, working together to address this epidemic. There is so much we do not know about how to prevent drowning, and the issue has never received the attention warranted by the magnitude of the problem. It was amazing to see how the group really dug in and did the hard work to ask the right questions and identify the key issues and potential solutions. This was a crucial first step in the process of preventing drowning among kids."

Doernbecher Children's Hospital's oldest and longest-serving nurse, Bancy Gatimu, 69, who retired in August after 43 years with the children's hospital, is one of 48 nurses nationwide "making headlines in 2022."

In coverage of the FDA’s approval of a Edwards Lifesciences transcatheter repair system for mitral heart valves, Firas Zahr, M.D., says: “The field of transcatheter mitral valve therapies is rapidly evolving and this approval is definitely a step in the right direction.”

In an Endocrine Today story about a promising new clinical trial testing osilodrostat to treat Cushing’s disease, Maria Fleseriu, M.D., says, “Cushing’s disease is a chronic condition, and many patients require prolonged pharmacological treatment. Therefore, evaluating long-term efficacy and safety of drug therapies in clinical trials is essential.”

Research shows chemotherapy can cause depression, and Susan Hedlund, LCSW, says there are steps to manage your mental well-being during treatment: “Keeping a healthy sleep regimen is good. So is trying to stay active. We used to tell people with chemotherapy-related fatigue to rest, but now we know it’s really the opposite that they need. Even just walking around the block or getting outside can have major mental health benefits"

To make mammograms more accessible, the Sandy Seventh-day Adventist Church will host the OHSU mobile mammography van Thursday, Sept. 22