Tor D. Tosteson, Sc.D., a Geisel professor of community and family medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute of Health Policy and Clinical Practice, has been selected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.
Archive for 2014
Over 40 and Infertile? Go Straight to IVF, Study Says
TIME – Continued coverage of a study led by Marlene Goldman, professor of obstetrics, of gynecology, and of community and family medicine, that discovered women ages 38 and older are more than twice as likely to become pregnant through in vitro fertilization than if they used oral or injectible fertility drugs.
Rwanda’s Bright Future: Building Human Resources for Health
Dr. Jean-Luc Nkurikiyimfura explains how the Human Resources for Health program is helping to rebuild the country’s health-care system with the help of Geisel and other U.S. medical schools.
Older Infertile Couples Should Try in Vitro Fertilization First: Study
HealthDay News via U.S. News & World Report – A story on a study led by Marlene Goldman, professor of obstetrics, of gynecology, and of community and family medicine, that discovered women ages 38 and older are more than twice as likely to become pregnant through in vitro fertilization than if they used oral or injectable fertility drugs.
Marc Feldman (’84): Deception Perception
Marc Feldman has dedicated his career to little understood and difficult to treat factitious disorders, including Munchausen syndrome and Munchausen by Proxy.
Student Voices: It’s 5:00 a.m.
On the day he and his 86 classmates choose the order in which they will rotate through their third-year clinical clerkships, Geisel medical student Inyang Udo-Inyang (center) reflects on his first two years of medical school and realizes a simple truth.
Dartmouth Study: Tweens in Coached Sports Less Likely to Smoke
New Hampshire Union Leader– A story on a Dartmouth study led by Anna M. Adachi-Mejia, assistant professor of pediatrics, assistant professor of TDI, and a researcher at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, that found preadolescents between ages 10 and 14 are less likely to try smoking if they participate in a coached team sport at least a few times a week.
Patient Support Corps is a Win-Win for Students and Patients
A new program pairs first- and second-year students from the Geisel School of Medicine with patients at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center—for the benefit of both.
Anti-Smoking TV Ads Using Anger More Persuasive to Viewers
Business Standard– Researchers have said anti-smoking television advertisements that appeal to viewers’ emotions are more persuasive when they use anger rather than sadness. In the new study, researchers from Dartmouth College’s Geisel School of Medicine and Cornell University examined how viewers process those negative emotions.
The Problem With Free Health Care
The New York Times – In this op-ed, H. Gilbert Welch describes flaws he sees in the Affordable Care Act, including that “it favors screening over diagnosis,” he writes.