NPR – Cites research by the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care on the rates of hospice use throughout the United States.
Archive for 2014
Geisel Students Giving Back to the Community
At Geisel, students practice giving back every day by improving lives in our local and global communities. Check out this video to learn more about the impact of giving and how you can help our students to help our communities in need!
Don’t Believe the Hype – We Are a Long Way from an HIV Cure
The Conversation – U.S. – A column by Associate Professor of Medicine Tim Lahey debunking claims of HIV cures made by different scientists in recent years.
Low Income Kids Eat More Fruits and Vegetables When They are in School
The fruits and vegetables provided at school deliver an important dietary boost to low income adolescents, according to a new study by researchers at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center and The Hood Center for Children and Families at Dartmouth.
New London Doctor Home from Ebola Assignment
Concord Monitor via Associated Press – Associate Professor of Medicine Elizabeth Talbot has returned from Sierra Leone where she spent five weeks training medical workers how to avoid the Ebola virus. Talbot is quoted on her self-imposed quarantine.
How Residency Programs Are Training Doctors to Waste Money
Vox – Cites research by the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, which looked at how spending in medical care varies by region, and quotes Director of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice Elliott Fisher on doctors’ practice patterns.
Smoker’s Disease No More, Lung Cancer Gets New Therapies
Bloomberg – Professor of Medicine Konstantin Dragnev comments on the effects of new drugs that have improved treatment for lung cancer.
Hookah Leads To Increased Probability Of Smoking Cigarettes Amongst Teens
The Science Times – Continued coverage on the recent study led by Assistant Professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice Samir Soneji, and published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, which found that teens who had smoked water pipe tobacco were at increased risk of cigarette smoking after two years.
Hookah Smoking Increases Risk of Subsequent Cigarette Smoking Among Adolescents and Young Adults
A team of researchers at Dartmouth College and University of Pittsburgh found respondents who had smoked water pipe tobacco but not smoked cigarettes were at increased risk of cigarette smoking two years later as recently published online in JAMA Pediatrics.
Dartmouth: A Family
First-year medical student Andrew Park reflects on the strength of the Dartmouth community and how it came together after the sudden passing of a classmate.