News Archive for 2002
December 2002
- Study Finds That Young Teens Are Exposed to Too Many Violent Movies
December 19, 2002 - Team Care Doubles Benefits of Depression Treatment for Older Adults
December 10, 2002 - Dartmouth Researchers Find Hormone Decreases Need for Blood Transfusions
December 10, 2002
October 2002
- DMS Receives $7.2 Million Grant to Study New Ways to Tackle Infections
October 29, 2002 - Cancer Biologist to Kick Off New Medical School Lecture Series
October 9, 2002 - Dartmouth Researcher Michael B. Sporn, M.D., Honored for Trailblazing Cancer Prevention Studies
October 1, 2002
September 2002
- National Honor for Dartmouth Pioneer in Reducing Medical Errors
September 25, 2002 - U.S. Announces Largest-Ever Lung Screening Trial DHMC is Site for Northern New England
September 19, 2002 - White River Junction VA Recognized for Quality Achievement
September 18, 2002 - Dartmouth Community Medical School Reprises Brain and Neurosciences Program
September 9, 2002
August 2002
- Genetics in Clinical Practice: A Revolutionary Approach
August 15, 2002 - "Drink at Least 8 Glasses of Water a Day" - Really?
Dartmouth Professor Finds No Scientific Evidence for '8 x 8'
August 8, 2002
July 2002
- Deaths From Cancer Surgery Must Be Properly Counted
July 17, 2002 - Norris Cotton Cancer Center Named One of Best in Nation
July 12, 2002 - Academic Medicine Highlights Strong DMS Education in Patient Care
July 11, 2002 - New Way Found to See Light Through Novel Protein
July 5, 2002 - Ethan Dmitrovsky, MD, a noted cancer physician and scientist, has been appointed Acting Dean of Dartmouth Medical School
July 1, 2002
June 2002
- A Computer-Based, Self-Help System for the Space Age
June 26, 2002 - Harvard Psychiatrist Dr. Alan I. Green to Chair DMS Psychiatry Department
June 26, 2002 - Panel Headed By DMS Physician Makes New Smallpox Vaccine Proposal
June 21, 2002 - Dartmouth/VA Researchers Examine News Coverage of Breast Cancer Prevention
June 18, 2002 - DMS Researchers Complete Comprehensive Primary Care Database
June 17, 2002 - Dartmouth SunSafe Project for Skin Cancer Prevention Targets Adolescents
June 14, 2002 - Tobacco Money - Up in Smoke?
June 13, 2002 - DMS Graduates Honored
June 10, 2002 - Medical Press Releases May Exaggerate Results and Fail To Include Study Limitations
June 4, 2002 - Putting Cancer in Context: Dartmouth/VA Team Charts Health Threats
June 4, 2002 - Research Presentations at Scientific Meetings Often Receive Unwarranted Media Coverage, Say Dartmouth Doctors
June 4, 2002 - Vermont Governor to Speak June 8 at Dartmouth Medical School
June 4, 2002 - Despite Resources, At-Risk Infants in US Fare No Better, Researchers Find
June 3, 2002
May 2002
- Dartmouth Team Finds Uneven Relationship Between Newborn Intensive Care and Death Rates
May 15, 2002 - Vermont Governor Howard Dean to Speak at DMS Class Day June 8
May 3, 2002 - Leader in Consumer-Centered Health Care Honored by FACCT
May 3, 2002
April 2002
- The Leapfrog Group Expands Patient Safety Improvement Initiative Into 12 New Regions
April 26, 2002 - DMS Professor Dr. Joseph F. O'Donnell Honored as National Finalist for Humanism in Medicine Award
April 19, 2002 - Older Patients Who Need High-Risk Heart or Cancer Surgery Fare Better in Hospitals Experienced in Those Procedures
April 10, 2002 - Low-Dose Aspirin Reduces Recurrence of Colorectal Polyps
April 9, 2002 - Bottom Line on Doctoring: Workshop Offers Real World Financial Advice to Young Physicians
April 8, 2002
March 2002
- Dartmouth Medical School Welcomes Former US Surgeon General David Satcher, MD
March 28, 2002 - Seeing Movie Stars Smoke Makes Teens More Vulnerable to Tobacco Use
March 19, 2002 - Cancer Killing Gene Found by Dartmouth Researchers
March 18, 2002 - Four Dartmouth Physicians Named Among America's Best
March 13, 2002 - New Health Improvement Program for the Upper Valley Launched
March 5, 2002 - Community Medical School Spring Series on Brain Opens April 2
March 4, 2002
February 2002
- Dartmouth Researchers Expose Weakness of Common Parasite
February 20, 2002 - Restricting R-Movies Linked to Decreased Teen Smoking, Drinking
February 14, 2002 - Dartmouth Researchers Propose New Approach to Medicare Reform to Reduce Medical Errors and Provide Better Clinical Care
February 13, 2002 - AuBuchon to Chair Pathology Department
February 11, 2002 - Green Appointed Chair of Microbiology and Immunology
February 11, 2002 - DMS to Offer New Master of Public Health Degree
February 11, 2002 - High Tech Movies Reveal Information Transfer Within Cells
February 7, 2002 - Dartmouth Cancer Researcher Selected for New General Motors Award
February 7, 2002 - Dartmouth Research Examines the Value of Cancer Screening
February 5, 2002 - Tanning Lamps May Increase Risks of Skin Cancers
February 5, 2002
January 2002
- Maine's Governor King Announces AMHI Partnership with Dartmouth Medical School
January 23, 2002 - DMS/NCCC Conducts Large-Scale Hormone Replacement Therapy Study
January 21, 2002