Article about the relationship between work-related stress and Parkinson’s risk.

A research letter published in JAMA Oncology and co-authored by Erick Turner, M.D., documents a substantial lack of financial disclosure among oncologist-authors published in high-impact scientific journals.

The Portland Tribune (Pamplin Media Group) follows members of the Spellman lab as they move into the new Knight Cancer Research Building on Portland’s South Waterfront; the ribbon cutting for the new building is slated to for Sept. 7.

A profile of the partnership between OHSU and Benson Polytechnic High School to provide a wellness center for students; Nancy Zink, M.D., says: “We help with everything from preventive, health, mental health, depression, anxiety, contraceptive.”

In a MedPage Today article on the safety of the new zoster vaccine Shingrix, Kevin Winthrop, M.D., says: “The efficacy of this vaccine is off the charts. No one has ever seen efficacy like this, and it's probably because of the adjuvant.”

In an NPR article featuring a car mechanic who designed a medical device to assist with childbirth, Aaron Caughey, M.D., Ph.D., says the use of forceps to help guide a baby out of the birth canal is very economical: “All you need to do to use them again is clean them.”

Milwaukie bowling team raises $250 for Doernbecher at annual “Southpaw Shootout.”

Tillamook Regional Medical Center hosts a community event to honor people impacted by cancer: TRMC president David Butler says: “We are blessed to have received several grants from the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Community Partnership as well as other support from the American Cancer Society to enhance our community’s ability to fight cancer.”

Brief on the Oregon Hearing Research Center; John Brigande, Ph.D., says: “Our collective passion is to understand the genetic, molecular and physiological basis of hearing with the expectation that this knowledge will impact therapeutic strategies to improve the lives of individuals with hearing loss.”

In an article on the pros and cons of open medical records, Rachael Postman, D.N.P., F.N.P., says the majority of her patients are grateful for shared notes.