A Des Moines hospital is the first in Iowa to perform brain surgery using a new type of treatment called GammaTile therapy. Dr. Sam Schroeder, a radiation oncologist at UnityPoint Health — John Stoddard Cancer Center, says a postage stamp-sized chip that’s embedded with radiation is implanted in the brain after a tumor is removed. […]
Iowa ‘behavioral health’ district plan goes into effect today
This is the first day of operations for Iowa’s unified system for treatment of mental illnesses and substance abuse, along with