A team at OHSU became the first in Oregon to implant a new type of radioactive tile roughly the size of a postage stamp to improve the outcome for patients with brain tumors. Stephen Bowden, M.D., says, “GammaTile gives us the option to do that radiation safely and at the same time as the surgery:”

Credit Union Connection reports that credit unions have raised $1.65 million for children’s hospitals through the Children’s Miracle Network, including Doernbecher.

The Portland Observer reports the grand opening of a new behavioral health clinical building, made possible through partnerships including with OHSU.

Consumer Reports covers the safety of portable bed rails for infants, quoting Ben Hoffman, M.D.: “It’s never necessary to use a supplemental child bed rail. Parents might choose to use one because they believe they’re protecting their child from falls, but there are better, safer options.”

In a Washington Post story about the effect of cannabis on sleep, Nicole Bowles, Ph.D., says, “We know cannabis use is changing sleep. Whether it’s for the good, as some people want to promote, or for the bad, we don’t know.”

KATU-TV interviews Elizabeth Berry, M.D., about the fact that Oregon has a higher rate of melanoma cases than the national average. She says, “When a melanocyte starts to grow, sometimes they grow into little nests and form moles, and sometimes they keep going, and they turn into skin cancer.”

Hillsboro Medical Center, affiliated with OHSU since 2016, will close its 21-bed geriatric psychiatry unit on Sept. 4.

In a story announcing CareOregon’s CEO joining the American Heart Association’s campaign to create a community of CPR-savvy “lifesavers,” AHA Volunteer Board President Abby Kahn, M.D., says: “We are extremely proud of the progress that’s been made over the last several years … our work is far from over.”

OPB-Radio reports on new federal grants for rural healthcare. OHSU’s Oregon Office of Rural Health Director Robert Duehmig says only one out of every four organizations that applied for the grant funding statewide were successful in securing it: “There’s a lot of need out there for a lot of programs. Unfortunately, that need is greater than what we have monies for.”

In The Atlantic article on the rise in mild autism, Eric Fombonne, M.D., says the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM, states that autism causes “impairments,” but what constitutes an impairment can be subject to interpretation.