OHSU School of Nursing researchers are partnering with 20 rural Oregon libraries -- including those in Scappoose, Nyssa and Dallas -- for an NIH-funded study evaluating whether library-organized community walking groups can improve rural health. Jim Winkle, M.P.H., says the study seeks to find “the key ingredient to sustainably implementing group walking programs in a rural community.”

Anti-animal research/use groups launch campaigns against OHSU’s use of animal models in surgical training; OHSU issued a statement that reads in part: “OHSU only uses animal models in its surgical training program when nonanimal methods are inadequate or too dangerous for human participants. We look forward to a time when surgical training methods are capable of faithfully modeling the complexity of a living system; however, technology currently does not exist to recreate some of the most complex procedures surgeons must regularly perform in humans, such as managing critical internal complications."

A study by Dan Hartung, Pharm.D., M.P.H., Elizabeth Needham Waddell, Ph.D., and others found people recently released from incarceration face a risk of opioid overdose 10 times greater than the general public, and that the risk is significantly higher within the first two weeks of release.

A study by Dan Hartung, Pharm.D., M.P.H., Elizabeth Needham Waddell, Ph.D., and others found people recently released from incarceration face a risk of opioid overdose 10 times greater than the general public, and that the risk is significantly higher within the first two weeks of release.

USA Today covers disparities experienced by people of color in access to early intervention for newborns and toddlers with developmental delays and disabilities. Katharine Zuckerman, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, says, “One of the things we consistently see in pediatrics is that children of color get less of everything. They get less antibiotics. They get less early intervention.”

USA Today covers disparities experienced by people of color in access to early intervention for newborns and toddlers with developmental delays and disabilities. Katharine Zuckerman, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, says, “One of the things we consistently see in pediatrics is that children of color get less of everything. They get less antibiotics. They get less early intervention.”

Yachats News covers a “Rural Libraries and Walking Project” currently recruiting participants. Jim Winkle, M.P.H., says, “Everyone knows that exercise is good, and that walking is something most people can do. What we don’t know is this: Can using libraries in small towns be the key to implementing weekly walking groups? The NIH wants evidence to see if these programs work.” The study includes Yachats on the central Oregon coast, along with other rural communities around Oregon.

In a Columbian story about coffee and caffeine use disorder, Suzanne Mitchell, Ph.D., says, “Having a desire for caffeine and wanting to avoid withdrawal are not big societal problems, like other use disorders.”

The Ronald McDonald House at OHSU is hosting a cook-off to fund its efforts to provide children and their families a place to stay during hospital treatments.

The Ronald McDonald House at OHSU is hosting a cook-off to fund its efforts to provide children and their families a place to stay during hospital treatments.