Breitbart – Highlights research co-authored by Samir Soneji, assistant professor of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and Gary King, director of Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science, which found that the Social Security Administration’s actuarial projections over the last 15 years have been overly optimistic about the health of the program’s trust funds and missed the mark by over $1 trillion.

The Washington Post – Glyn Elwyn, professor and senior scientist at the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science and the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, comments on physicians’ reactions to patients recording their visits, and doctors’ concerns that recordings could be used against them.

Forbes – Points to research by scholars at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice and Harvard, which showed that over the last 15 years, the Social Security Administration’s Office of the Chief Actuary has consistently underestimated retirees’ life expectancy and made other errors that make the finances of the retirement system look significantly better than they are.

Medical Daily – Jennifer Emond, instructor of epidemiology, comments on a recent study at Dartmouth, which showed that teens who mix alcohol with energy drinks are more likely to develop alcoholic disorders than teens who never experimented with this combination.

The New Yorker – Highlights Less Medicine, More Health in which H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, explains why it is unnecessary to treat all cancers, and discusses research coauthored by Jonathan Skinner, which analyzed Medicare data since the Affordable Care Act was passed.

Science World Report – Continued coverage on a recent study by Dartmouth researchers, which showed that teens who mix energy drinks with alcohol are up to four times more likely to develop an alcohol disorder than teens who have never consumed the mixed drinks.

Vermont Digger – Dr. James N. Weinstein, chief executive officer and president of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system, will be among the ninety honorees who will receive the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations-NECO on May 9.

Bustle – Further coverage on a study by Dartmouth researchers, which found that teens aged 15 to 17 who had ever mixed alcohol with energy drinks were four times more likely to meet the criteria for alcohol use disorder than a teen who has tried alcohol but never mixed it with an energy drink.

International Business Times – Highlights a study led by James Sargent, professor of pediatrics, published in the journal Pediatrics, which found that teens who like to drink alcohol-energy drink mix are more likely to develop drinking disorders.