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An old-but-new treatment for opioid addiction

Townsend Letter April 02, 2021
Erick Turner, M.D., questions the use of Vitamin C to treat opioid use disorder. He says, “On the face of it, it doesn’t seem biologically plausible. How/why would vitamin C affect opioid receptors? Even if there were some plausible sounding mechanism, that’s no substitute for rigorous data.”

This OHSU startup wants to save neurosurgeons a lot of headaches

Portland Business Journal April 02, 2021
NeuraMedica, a startup co-founded in 2014 by former OHSU resident Neil Roundy, M.D., and based in Oregon City, is poised to submit an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its NeuraMedica Dural Clip.

Snow days, fishing and saving lives

The Catholic Sentinel April 02, 2021
OHSU nursing students Jason Unterbrunner and Nikki Zielinski support clients referred by Catholic Charities, as part of OHSU’s I-CAN program, which connects nursing students in their senior year with clients who need personalized care.

Listen: Understanding COVID-19′s long-term health effects

Portland Monthly April 02, 2021
Eric Herman, M.D., lead physician for OHSU's new Long COVID-19 Program discusses how the program will study and provide comprehensive care for patients who have experienced COVID-19 symptoms for more than a month.

Gun storage requirement heads for vote in Oregon House

The Central Oregonian March 31, 2021
House Bill 2510, approved by the House Health Care Committee, would require the storage of firearms with trigger or cable locks, in a locked container or in a gun room; Ben Hoffman, M.D., says: “We cannot gun-proof children. We must child-proof guns."
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