Continued media coverage on OHSU and Legacy Health's announcement they have signed a nonbinding letter of intent to combine and create a comprehensive, integrated health system that will offer high-quality, essential health care services to patients throughout Oregon, the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

In a Forbes article about how tennis player Naomi Osaka is helping empower families to better navigate mental health, an OHSU study that found a five-fold increase in suicidal overdoses among children 10 to 12 from 2010 to 2020 is cited.

Roger Cole, M.B.A., describes how OHSU uses HEPA air filters, has upgraded air circulation fans with greater horsepower and sometimes uses portable air scrubbers to reduce indoor smoke during wildfire season.

Continued media coverage on OHSU and Legacy Health's announcement they have signed a nonbinding letter of intent to combine and create a comprehensive, integrated health system that will offer high-quality, essential health care services to patients throughout Oregon, the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

Alexandra Sokolva, M.D., answers three questions for Oncology Times on new research outlining challenges of how to test more men with prostate cancers and how to incorporate the results of those tests into treatment decision making. She says: “I think the biggest barrier to incorporating genetic information into decision making is not having genetic information on time. We need to do more testing, and we need to do it early and in a timely manner to be impactful.”

Douglas County collaborates with the OHSU Bob and Charlee Moore Institute for Nutrition & Wellness on a statewide effort to end chronic disease through healthy food.

After St. Charles Health System announces it may drop four Medicare Advantage programs, the Bend Bulletin asks OHSU to comment, and Franny White provides the following statement: "“As the state’s academic health center, OHSU is committed to improving the health and well-being of all Oregonians. To that end, we negotiate contracts with insurers to provide high-quality health care to as many patients as possible. OHSU approaches these negotiations in a collaborative way, while keeping patient access and continuity at the fore front. Our primary goal with all contract negotiations is to preserve access to the vital services that our patients rely on.”

The FDA approves first-ever pill that treats postpartum depression, a condition that affects thousands of new mothers. Adrienne Cardiel, MSW, LCSW, says: “My first thought was, ‘It’s about time because I do think it could be a big cultural shift.”

In a Healio/Rheumatology article about how patients with axial spondyloarthritis and psoriatic arthritis routinely “bounce” from one provider to the next for years before finally receiving the correct diagnosis in a rheumatology clinic, Atul Deodhar, M.D., says: “Approximately 3% of the U.S. population has skin psoriasis, but only around 30% of them have or will develop PsA. Overall, just under 1% of the U.S. population has PsA. Most of these people do not come to a rheumatologist.”

The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute is a sponsor of the annual Susan G. Komen “More than Pink” walk to celebrate breast cancer survivors, honor those who have passed away from the disease, and raise critical funds that support research and critical support services for breast cancer patients.