A construction worker was hospitalized after a piece of drilling equipment tips over at a construction site on the OHSU campus.

Medical student Emma Tornberg describes the OHSU Occupational Health research she’s conducting to evaluate the accuracy of various COVID-19 testing methods and says early results indicate rapid antigen tests with samples collected from the front of the nose are more accurate than samples collected in the back of the throat.

The Beaverton School District makes changes to its COVID-19 protocols for the upcoming school year and will no longer be hosting weekly PCR testing for students in collaboration with OHSU.

With another heat wave in the forecast, Sean Robinson, M.D., discusses how to tell if you are suffering from dehydration or heat exhaustion. The moment you should seek medical attention, he says, is when you cannot re-hydrate, become nauseous or are unable to hold anything down.

Eric Simpson, M.D., presents new systemic therapy treatment options for atopic dermatitis.

The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute's participation in a study to determine the effectiveness of a cancer blood test is mentioned in a Web MD article picked up by dozens of news outlets.

In a Medical News Today article on the ability of a new MRI imaging method to detect pregnancy complications as early as 10 weeks, Victoria Roberts, Ph.D., says: “The ability to detect a placenta-related problem early in pregnancy can create a more targeted approach to clinical management, allowing clinicians to provide better treatment options to mothers and developing babies."

A PopSugar article references a page on the OHSU Center for Women's Health website that describes how sex can boost your self-esteem, decrease depression and anxiety, reduce stress, improve your sleep, and provide pain relief.

A Bloomberg article on the use of video conversations to prevent aging brains from declining cites an OHSU study that showed providing stimulating video chats four times a week to socially isolated adults improved some measures of cognitive performance and is much more cost-effective than medication alone. Hiroko Dodge, Ph.D., says, “With behavioral interventions like this, we may not be able to change the beta-amyloid levels, but somehow the efficacy in symptoms and daily function is really large."