The Huffington Post – Quotes Juliette Madan, associate professor of pediatrics, and Anne Hoen, assistant professor of epidemiology and biomedical data science, who are co-authors of recent study that found that the gut bacteria of 6-week-old babies may be related to the way the infants were delivered and what they have been eating.
Archive for 2016
Just Because You Can Get a Medical Test Doesn’t Mean You Should
Bloomberg Business – Quotes Lisa Schwartz and Steven Woloshin, both professors of medicine, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about what the proliferation of testing and self-tracking means for human health.
Anatomy of Addiction: How Heroin and Opioids Hijack the Brain
NHPR – As a guest on NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Seddon Savage, adjunct associate professor of anesthesiology and director of the Dartmouth Center on Addiction Recovery and Education, explains how people can become psychologically and physically dependent on opioids.
People With Depression May Not Be Getting All the Information They’re Looking For
Medical Xpress – Quotes Paul Barr, assistant professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about the disconnect between the priorities of patients and clinicians when it comes to the information needed to make decisions about treatment options for depression.
Dartmouth Addiction Expert To Attend State Of The Union Address
NHPR – Seddon Savage, adjunct associate professor of anesthesiology and director of the Dartmouth Center on Addiction Recovery and Education, who is also one of New Hampshire’s top experts on the opioid crisis, will be attending President Obama’s State of the Union address. Savage chairs a task force on prescription drug abuse for the New Hampshire Medical Society and serves on the governor’s commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. She will be a guest of U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte at Tuesday night’s speech.
Congress Approves Bill to Require Childproof Packaging for E-Cigs
USA Today – Quotes Susanne Tanski, associate professor of pediatrics, about Congress’ recent passing of legislation to require child-resistant packaging for the liquids that give e-cigarette both their kick and their flavor. “This is a really important piece of common-sense legislation,” says Tanski. “Nicotine is quite a powerful drug that has complex effects on the body, including the brain and the whole nervous system.”
Study Reveals Effects of Delivery Mode and Diet on Infant Gut Microbiome
There is an important association between the way in which infants are delivered and fed, and the composition of microbiome (the overall communities of bacteria) in their intestines at six weeks of age, according to a recent Dartmouth-led study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
Virtual Reality Could Provide Healthy Escape for Homesick Astronauts
VICE – Continued coverage of comments by Jay Buckey, professor of medicine and adjunct professor of engineering, who is leading a team deep into the Arctic to test whether exposure to nature through virtual reality can help improve mood and stress levels. “Being in an environment like that where you’re in a small, confined space with a very small group of people means that challenges are just going to inevitably arise,” says Buckey.
Illumina Creating Company to Develop Early-Stage Cancer Detection Test
The New York Times – Quotes H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about whether some forms of cancer screening, like PSA testing for prostate cancer or mammography, are even advisable.
Follow-Up of Screening Results Vary Between Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancers
Oncology Nurse Advisor – Article quotes Anna Tosteson, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and lead author of a recent study that found follow-up appointments for patients whose screening examinations showed abnormal findings occurred faster for findings of breast cancer than for colorectal and cervical cancers.