Abigail Liberty, M.D., MSPH, and Ian Fields, M.D., MCR, co-authored a Healio viewpoint on how abortion restrictions impact medical school education and training.

Matthias Merkel, M.D., Ph.D., discusses the benefits of OHSU's Hospital at Home program, designed to provide patients with hospital-level care in the comfort of their home. He says: "Every patient we have in Hospital at Home is one who is not waiting in the emergency room or a hallway for a bed to become available in the hospital."

P. Barton Duell, M.D., provides outside expert commentary on research that found adults with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease were 3.5 times more likely to also experience heart failure. Duell says the results “are another reminder that the diagnosis of NAFLD is associated with increased risk” of heart problems.

Several OHSU Health clinics are included in a Street Roots guide on resources for clothing, shelter, meals and health care in Multnomah County.

Matthias Merkel, M.D., Ph.D., discusses the benefits of OHSU's Hospital at Home program, designed to provide patients with hospital-level care in the comfort of their home. He says: "Every patient we have in Hospital at Home is one who is not waiting in the emergency room or a hallway for a bed to become available in the hospital."

Eliza Hayes Bakken says the bivalent booster supply for children has been “stop and go” for clinics. “We quickly saw that the demand for that vaccine outstripped our ability to keep it in stock."

Arcutis Therapeutics announces positive results in a Phase 3 trial of a new treatment for mild to moderate atopic dermatitis. Eric Simpson, M.D., says, “Atopic dermatitis is a chronic and burdensome disease, especially common with children, that has a significant need for rapid-acting topical treatment options outside of corticosteroids, which aren’t suitable for long-term care due to local side effects, safety concerns, and potential for rebound or withdrawal.

The OHSU School of Nursing’s new Oregon Nurse Education Academy will prepare experienced nurses to become clinical faculty and preceptors who support the education of new nurses and nursing students. Joanne Noone, Ph.D., RN, ANEF, FAAN, says: “As we work to increase the number of working nurses to meet growing patient care needs, we also need to increase the number of nurse educators who help new and future nurses excel as nursing professionals.”

Researchers at OHSU collaborate on new research from Oregon State University producing nanoparticles capable of treating cancer lesions.

Medscape covers new research that found babies born to women who experience preeclampsia are roughly a third more likely to develop cardiovascular disease later in life. Kent Thornburg, Ph.D., says these babies “need to be followed for cardiovascular risk for the rest of their life.”