Erika Finanger, M.D. presents information on Phase 3 development for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy during the Muscular Dystrophy Association Virtual Clinical Trials Session.

In an article on the effectiveness of inferior vena cava, or IVC filters, to prevent blood clots, Vinay Prasad, M.D., M.P.H., says: “The question is always: Is the person who gets a filter, on average, better off by having it? And the answer is, we don’t know. And that’s not a very comfortable thing to tell somebody who you just put a piece of metal in.”

A story reports on a cross-sectional study by Michelle Cameron, M.D., and colleagues highlighting success among patients with multiple sclerosis using cannabis to treat spasticity.

In an article describing how CAR-T immunotherapy can help improve quality of life after cancer treatment, Richard Maziarz, M.D., says: “Many patients with this advanced level of disease become depressed and withdraw, but here patients reported improved functional status, physical capabilities, and ability to interact with people.”

How geriatricians can help and what to do if you can't find one.

The risk is real, but having an action plan in place can help quell COVID-19 anxiety.

Nike leaders, including Phil and Penny Knight, donate $7 million to support OHSU’s COVID-19 response. Danny Jacobs, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., says: “People across the state have come together to face this challenge collaboratively, and this support will have a profound impact on our ability to meet it”.

Experts discuss data projections, indicate rates of positive COVID-19 cases to double every 6.2 days.

Oregon is burning through its caches of surgical masks, gowns, face shields and gloves so fast that some hospitals and clinics have just a few days’ worth of them left.

The state needs tests or hospital beds. It has neither.