In a Healio/HemOnc Today article about a study that found cancer drugs receiving accelerated approval from the FDA gained regular approval significantly faster if their confirmatory trials demonstrated meaningful clinical benefits cites a separate study led by Catherine Hwang, M.D., that evaluated four cancer drug indications that initially received accelerated approval but eventually had to be withdrawn.

A paper authored by Joel Nigg, Ph.D., suggesting that food dyes and behavioral effects might be related is cited in a Popular Science article on what science says about food additives.

A paper authored by Joel Nigg, Ph.D., suggesting that food dyes and behavioral effects might be related is cited in a Popular Science article on what science says about food additives.

Oregon Tech is seeking financial support to start a new public medical school in Klamath Falls to better address the primary care provider shortage in rural Oregon, noting the school would be Oregon’s second public medical school after OHSU.

Shyam Joshi, M.D., says, “We often brush off allergies as ‘Oh, it’s just allergies.’ But it can really cause issues with learning even in the classroom. We see kids’ grades drop off because they’re so preoccupied with their itchy nose or itchy eyes.”

Ian Metzler, M.D., regarding new digital health tools in the management and prevention of stone disease. He says, “We have to be facile with the resources that are out there and connect patients and help them match to something they will actually use and incorporate into their lives so that they can be successful with the type of prevention that makes a difference."

An Undark story about the effect of food additives in health cites a 2012 study co-authored by Joel Nigg, Ph.D., examining research studies examining the role of dietary additives on ADHD symptoms in children.

In an Axios Portland story about new Oregon State University research using nanoparticles to deliver treatment to specific parts of the brain, Aaron Grossberg, M.D., Ph.D., says, “This is not a pie-in-the-sky thing. I think that the approach that these guys are showing is pretty visionary and does have real potential.”

“It was a surprise, to be honest,” said the study’s corresponding author, Nathalie Huguet, Ph.D., an associate professor of family medicine in the OHSU School of Medicine. “We thought it would be the other way around because you would think someone with diabetes would have more active participation in health insurance.”