The Astorian interviews Stephen Donnelly, M.D., about his voluntary service to provide medical training in Ukraine. He says, “Part of my reason for going was to bring [the war] back to people’s attention, and also show that everyday people can still do stuff. Because that’s the people I worked with in Ukraine. They’re people who were teachers and factory workers and moms and dads who are signing up to go defend their country.”

In a video interview with UroToday, Tom Beer, M.D., is one of several expert panelists discussing the topics of depression, bone health and exercise in patients with prostate cancer.

The Washington Post republishes a story from Consumer Reports quoting Roger Chou, M.D., about managing chronic back pain. He says medication “should be an adjunct for older adults and not the main treatment. It’s important to be cautious, and try to use the lowest dose possible, for the shortest period of time.”

The Oregonian notes that the number of people hospitalized in Oregon with COVID-19 exceeded the peak projected by the last OHSU forecast, and the overall number of reported infections jumped 32% week over week.

Eric Simpson, M.D., shares a preview of his forthcoming presentation at a national conference about dermatitis.

In a Sierra Club Magazine article on the risk of melanoma, Elizabeth Berry, M.D., discusses the high rate of melanoma for Oregonians: “You've got this perfect storm of really outdoorsy people who don't get a whole lot of sun in the winter, then go out without adequate protection in the summer and get these terrible, one-hit sunburns.”

The article highlights a forthcoming biography about the late former U.S. Sen. Mark O. Hatfield, including some connections to OHSU. Story is republished in Pamplin media publications in Portland suburbs.

The story of a 7-year-old Salem resident with an inherited form of brain cancer being treated at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.

Local news outlets quote OHSU experts following the court’s decision, including Alison Edelman, M.D., who tells KPTV, “I was actually walking over to take care of patients in clinic this morning when we got the news, and everybody in the clinic was just incredibly upset, including patients who were just coming in for general care. The mood was really dismal.”

In a The New York Times story about new clinical trials involving patients in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System, including Portland, Christopher Stauffer, M.D., says, “We’re talking about vulnerable people, particularly people with severe mental illness, PTSD, substance abuse disorders, and we’re putting them in a vulnerable state of mind, a very suggestible state of mind. We have to be super careful about bias in all directions, from the researchers to the participants.”