Fourth-year medical student Mildred Lopez Pineiro was anxious for the arrival of Match Day and to learn where she’d start her residency training, but the support of Geisel’s close-knit community helped to make the day less-nerve wracking.
Archive for 2015
New Hampshire’s Rx Monitoring Program, and the Region’s Opioid Problem
NHPR – As a guest on “The Exchange,” Gil Fanciullo, professor of anesthesiology, discusses the problem of opioid overdoses and the state’s responses to it, including a new prescription drug monitoring program.
Do You Really Need that Colonoscopy?
The Washington Post – Discusses a recent book by H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, titled Less Medicine, More Health: 7 Assumptions That Drive Too Much Medical Care, which argues against overmedicalization.
An Apple a Day May Not Keep the Doctor Away After All, a New Study Finds
ABC News – Points to Dartmouth research, which found that regular apple-eaters filled out marginally fewer prescriptions for medications than those who did not eat apples regularly, and found an insignificant difference in doctor visits between the two groups.
Medical Community Looks Local to Stem Doctor Shortage
Buffalo News – Cites Dartmouth Atlas statistics, which show that Buffalo places in the bottom half of the nation’s regions for the overall number of physicians.
The Life of a Resident Doctor
Valley News – Features photographs of Geisel students during the recent national Match Day ceremony held at Dartmouth-Hitchcock.
Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth Redesignated As NCI “Comprehensive Cancer Center”
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has renewed its Cancer Center Support Grant to Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) at Dartmouth, continuing NCCC’s designation as a Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Why the Best Doctors Often Do Nothing
The Wall Street Journal – In this opinion piece, H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, argues against “knee-jerk medicine,” in which doctors attempt to “fix” patients’ ailments by prescribing more medications or procedures, as opposed to taking a less invasive approach.
Exciting Match Day for Geisel Medical Students
At this year’s Match Day, 83 students at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine learned where they will start their residency training after graduation.
Mushrooms Use Bioluminescence to Attract Insects
Daily Mail – Continued coverage on research led by Jay Dunlap, professor of genetics, which concluded that some fungi emit light to attract insects at night, which then spread their fungal spores around.