An OHSU employee is suing a former OHSU employee and OHSU, alleging sexual harassment.

Timothy Smith, M.D., says about 20% of people whose sense of smell is lost or altered after getting COVID-19 will experience this for more than two months, and that the most common distortion his patients experience involves smelling smoke, adding: “Imagine smelling a grapefruit, but it smells like smoke. Sometimes, nice-smelling things can smell like rotting trash, and that can be really disruptive to someone’s quality of life."

In a KOIN-TV story, Andrew McHill, Ph.D., speaks from a scientific perspective when he recommends shifting to a permanent standard time –- and not Daylight Saving Time –- “because that will give us more light in the morning which will more easily synchronize our clock to match up with the light-dark cycle outside.”

While speaking as the president-elect of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Ben Hoffman, M.D., says older children up to 65 pounds are safer while seated in a safety seat when there’s turbulence while flying.

A commonly used scientific method to analyze a tiny amount of DNA in early human embryos fails to accurately reflect gene edits, according to new research from OHSU presented this week at the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing in London. Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Ph.D., says, “Gene repair has great potential, but these new results show that we have a lot of work to do”

A commonly used scientific method to analyze a tiny amount of DNA in early human embryos fails to accurately reflect gene edits, according to new research from OHSU presented this week at the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing in London. Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Ph.D., says, “Gene repair has great potential, but these new results show that we have a lot of work to do."

KOIN-TV interviews Liana Tsikitis, M.D., on the importance of screening for colorectal cancer. Tsikitis says: “Early stages of colorectal cancer, usually the persons have no symptoms. In more advanced stages, we may hear complaints of abdominal pain, unintentional weight loss, rectal bleeding and changes in bowel habits. The very early stages, or even precancerous polyps, usually have no symptoms, therefore screening is so important.”

In a Cancer Wellness article on the use of yoga to relieve the mental, emotional and physical side effects of cancer treatment, Kimberly Carson, M.P.H., says: “In metastatic disease, pain is progressive and gets worse as the disease advances. Using the tools of a yogic trajectory, a combination of gentle asana [postures], pranayama [breath practices], meditation and mindfulness practices, we actually could reduce the baseline level.”

A story exploring group therapy in combination with psychedelic drugs to treat depression and other health issues notes Christopher Stauffer, M.D., has received FDA approval to conduct a trial that involves both group therapy and the drug MDMA

While discussing Columbia Memorial Hospital’s expansion plans, the hospital’s CEO pointed to the hospital’s collaboration with OHSU as a key ingredient to their growth.