Carol DeFrancesco, R.D., L.D., warns about potentially harmful and unintended effects of consuming unregulated “detox teas.” She says: “Some can have stimulants, diuretics... all those things can act like medicines that are very harmful to the body.

Laura Heiser, Ph.D., comments on research, published in part by the National Institutes of Health Library of Network-Based Cellular Signatures Program, to develop high-quality, large-scale datasets that describe how cells respond to various perturbations.

Scientists at the OHSU Vollum Institute develop an animal model that may provide a path toward improving the diagnosis and treatment of the devastating brain disease chronicled in the bestselling autobiography “Brain on Fire.”

Juliette Preston, M.D., comments on the clinical usefulness of a new class of drugs designed to help people who suffer from migraines.

A Forbes article about professional baseball player Carlos Carrasco’s diagnosis of chronic myeloid leukemia features a quote from Brian Druker: “For a lot of people, Gleevec was simply too good to be true. But these once-dying patients were getting out of bed, dancing, going hiking, doing yoga. The drug was amazing.”

In honor of her son who lost his battle with cancer, a Salem mother donates 700 boxes of Legos to OHSU Doernbecher patients.

Blair Peters, M.D., who will be an OHSU gender-affirming surgery fellow in 2020, says of his future caring for Canadian transgender patients: “What better way to have a career and make your living treating and serving your own community?”

The Medford Mail Tribune features an OHSU School of Nursing – Ashland graduate’s journey of obtaining a nursing degree and U.S. residency.

Becker’s Hospital Review names Lawrence Furnstahl among the “100 hospital Chief Financial Officers to know.”

Vinay Prasad, M.D., conceived a study of 3,000 studies whose conclusions are the opposite of conventional wisdom among physicians, and says: “You come away with a sense of humility. Very smart and well-intentioned people came to practice these things for many, many years. But they were wrong.”