Continued media coverage of Guinness World Records certifying that OHSU dermatologists detected the world’s smallest skin cancer, measuring just .65 millimeters. In an interview with The Washington Post, Alexander Witkowski, M.D., Ph.D., says: “We want to share this knowledge with the next generation as this realm of health care begins to change — I think in a good way.”

Exclusive: Mitochondrial donation treatment aims to prevent children from inheriting incurable diseases.

Kathleen Carlson, Ph.D., Ben Hoffman, M.D., and Roy Moore with Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center join Sen. Ron Wyden at an OHSU roundtable discussion aimed at curbing gun violence.

KATU News highlights s Salem Health-OHSU Knight Cancer Institute collaboration to enroll participants in the Pathfinder 2 study, which aims to evaluate a multi-cancer early detection test. Nima Nabavizadeh, M.D., says: “People around Oregon, and in the greater Salem area, will be among the first to have the opportunity to be tested. Being at the forefront of generating new knowledge means we have the ability to bring it to our communities faster.”

In a Prism News article, Maria Rodriguez, M.D., advocates for the inclusion of postpartum care through Emergency Medicaid for undocumented immigrants: “Allowing people who are low income to enroll in Medicaid regardless of citizenship status would be the right thing to do — both from a health and human rights perspective, but also from a program perspective ... Restricting access to preventative care is foolish: it ends up in worse health outcomes and usually costs losses for the program.”

In a The Hill article that explores whether cannabis reduces anxiety, Devan Kasagara, M.D., says: “In terms of anxiety, the bottom line is that there is just a lot more that we have to learn about it. We really don’t know.”

OHSU Health and others sponsored an American Heart Association’s fund-raising event to reduce barriers to health care access and quality.

In a story about St. Charles Health’s decision to stop providing planned surgeries in Prineville, Robert Duehmig says there are multiple challenges facing rural health and “Reducing surgical services in any rural community typically requires patients to drive longer in order to receive necessary health services. This creates additional barriers to accessing care, which can cause people to either delay seeking treatment or not receive treatment, and can also increase poor health outcomes in the affected area."

Kathleen Carlson, Ph.D., Ben Hoffman, M.D., and Roy Moore with Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center join Sen. Ron Wyden at an OHSU roundtable discussion aimed at curbing gun violence.

The Cancer Letter covered the election of Lisa Coussens, Ph.D., to the National Academy of Sciences.