-- An OHSU study discovered potential impacts of poor air quality for patients undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment, or IVF. Molly Kornfield, M.D., says, “The unfortunate reality is that we are seeing more wildfires because of climate change, so I worry about how this will continue to affect not only patients undergoing fertility treatments, but all individuals who are trying to conceive.”

An OHSU study discovered potential impacts of poor air quality for patients undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment, or IVF. Molly Kornfield, M.D., says, “The unfortunate reality is that we are seeing more wildfires because of climate change, so I worry about how this will continue to affect not only patients undergoing fertility treatments, but all individuals who are trying to conceive.”

A collaborative study between OHSU and the University of California San Francisco finds one shot of Therapeutic Interfering Particles, or TIPs, dramatically reduces levels of HIV in nonhuman primates. One of the study’s authors, Nancy Haigwood, Ph.D., says, “If TIPs can reduce HIV in people like it has in our nonhuman primate study, this technology could open the door to alternative approaches to HIV care and mean people won’t have to take medications for the rest of their lives. That is incredibly exciting."

A collaborative study between OHSU and the University of California San Francisco finds one shot of Therapeutic Interfering Particles, or TIPs, dramatically reduces levels of HIV in nonhuman primates. One of the study’s authors, Nancy Haigwood, Ph.D., says, “If TIPs can reduce HIV in people like it has in our nonhuman primate study, this technology could open the door to alternative approaches to HIV care and mean people won’t have to take medications for the rest of their lives. That is incredibly exciting."

An OHSU study discovered potential impacts of poor air quality for patients undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment, or IVF. Molly Kornfield, M.D., says, “The unfortunate reality is that we are seeing more wildfires because of climate change, so I worry about how this will continue to affect not only patients undergoing fertility treatments, but all individuals who are trying to conceive."

Here Is Oregon shares details on the city-wide art installation benefitting OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.

OHSU is mentioned as a contributor to a recent study investigating how routine blood tests could be used to speed up cancer diagnosis among people with stomach pain or bloating.

Ahead of kids returning to school, KPTV-TV highlights the U.S. Surgeon General's warning about how social media could impact kids' mental health. Karina España, M.D., says, “The youth brain is very different from the adult brain, so there are parts of a child’s brain that are still in development, especially a section that’s on judgment and planning and making good decisions, coupled with this need for social belonging and a finding of identity. That makes them especially vulnerable to the effects around social media use.”

In the North Coast Citizen, Tillamook County Wellness shares an update on their health literacy plan, made possible in part by the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute’s Community Partnership Program. The goal of the health literacy program was to help people in their community “better understand how and when to access the best care for the best possible health outcomes.”

A new study finds he United States spends $43 billion each year on cancer screening. In response to the high cost of colonoscopies, specifically, David Lieberman, M.D., says that while the cost is high, the test could prevent cancer as well as detect it because surgeons can see and cut out growths on the colon wall that can turn into cancers. He says the test has “a large upstream cost and potential downstream benefits.”