In a Vox article outlining the pros and cons of blood-based liquid biopsy tests designed to screen for colorectal cancer, David Lieberman, M.D., says, “The Achilles’ heel of noninvasive testing is that many patients don’t follow up and get the colonoscopy after they get a positive stool test.”

A story from Voice of America references research by Joel Nigg, Ph.D., that investigates how color noises, including white and pink noises, can affect the brain.

Former U.S. Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders, M.D., reflects on her career in medicine and public health with KOIN-TV after speaking at the hooding ceremony for the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health’s Class of 2024.

In a primer on the pancreas, Brett Sheppard, M.D., explains the most common causes of the organ’s inflammation are alcohol abuse and gallstones.

Alyssa Colwill, M.D., shares insight with The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate on abortion bans’ effect on the next generation of providers: “We’re further limiting the number of people that have all of the tools available to them to take care of patients in the safest way. I absolutely worry about having a lost generation of providers in the future.”

Coverage of OHSU’s 2024 commencement ceremony, where more than 1,050 degrees and certificates were awarded, features soon-to-be PA graduate Mandy Paolo, who plans to help rural Oregonians access quality primary care, and Ali Sultan, D.M.D., who is following in his father’s footsteps by becoming a dentist.

The New York Times covers a new study that suggests Black and Hispanic people were twice as likely as white people to lose Medicaid coverage due to process-related issues. Jane Zhu, M.D., the study’s senior author, says, “Medicaid eligibility is complex, and then applying and keeping Medicaid coverage is a huge logistical barrier. What this analysis is showing is that these barriers have downstream spillover effects on particular communities”:

Coverage of OHSU’s 2024 commencement ceremony, where more than 1,050 degrees and certificates were awarded, features soon-to-be PA graduate Mandy Paolo, who plans to help rural Oregonians access quality primary care, and Ali Sultan, D.M.D., who is following in his father’s footsteps by becoming a dentist.

In a story about PDXLAN, a twice-yearly video gaming party in Clark County, Washington, that has raised funds to provide gaming equipment to children who are undergoing cancer care at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Rebekah Coles says, “These funds and other donations have provided gaming systems, games, tablets, handheld device and more."

An OHSU collaboration with researchers at the University of South Florida is leveraging AI to create advanced brain maps that may help better understand Alzheimer’s disease.