Stories about Elks lodges in Milton-Freewater and John Day note the Oregon State Elks’ longstanding support of pediatric patients treated by the OHSU Casey Eye Institute and its Elks Children’s Eye Clinic.

Stories about Elks lodges in Milton-Freewater and John Day note the Oregon State Elks’ longstanding support of pediatric patients treated by the OHSU Casey Eye Institute and its Elks Children’s Eye Clinic.

The East Oregonian profiles OHSU patient Andrew Clark, of Pendleton, who is enrolled in four clinical trials through OHSU with the hope of contributing to research that eventually helps others living with Alzheimer's. “I’m not afraid of dying at all. I have a disease that’s invariably fatal,” he says. “How can I live out whatever is left, which is limited? How do we handle that? So this is what I would share with someone else who is at this stage of Alzheimer’s disease.”

At the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting, Ivana Jankovic, M.D., presents about using ChatGPT to translate medical jargon into patient-friendly language. Jankovic says, “It did a really good job of breaking this down for the patient. Not only did it do this without me asking, it gave tips. It can make your job faster and easier. It can take things to the level of your patient without you expending effort for it.”

At the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting, Ivana Jankovic, M.D., presents about using ChatGPT to translate medical jargon into patient-friendly language. Jankovic says, “It did a really good job of breaking this down for the patient. Not only did it do this without me asking, it gave tips. It can make your job faster and easier. It can take things to the level of your patient without you expending effort for it."

The aerial tram is ranked No. 9 in Time Out's list of the top 10 best public transport in the United States.

Shivaani Kummar, M.D., moderates a press conference at the annual American Association for Cancer Research meeting and facilitates a discussion on accelerated approvals. She says she welcomes faster access to new treatments for her patients, but notes that once drugs have received accelerated approval and are available on the market, confirmatory trials can be more difficult to conduct because patients and their doctors may be hesitant to accept the possibility of randomization to a control group.

Proceeds from the Crush Cancer run in Terrebonne will benefit the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute.

Adventist Health Columbia Gorge hosts a mobile research unit, in collaboration with the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, at the Celilo Cancer Center in The Dalles to raise awareness about the Pathfinder 2 study. The study is designed to test a multi-cancer early detection test called Galleri, which screens for more than 50 different types of cancer. Winnifred Wong, M.D., says: “Cancer remains one of the most prevalent and challenging diseases of our time and early detection is often the cornerstone of successful treatment and improved patient outcomes. Celilo Cancer Center strives to be at the forefront of current and emerging cancer diagnostics and therapy, so we are proud to host this research on innovative testing for our eligible patients and community members.”

KOIN-TV reports on a new report by the CDC that finds a large increase in the number of deaths from excessive alcohol use, with the number of women represented on the rise. Kathy Grant, Ph.D., who studies alcohol exposure in animal models, says, “There’re these physiological, biological, genetic factors that we are trying to see if any of them would be really effective targets for treatment or prevention and go from there.”