Read article – H. GIlbert Welch, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, is quoted about predisease and how once you have a label, getting rid of it can be extremely difficult. “It’s best to have a healthy skepticism when it comes to making diagnoses in people who feel well,” says Welch.
Archive for 2016
Easing Students’ Financial Woes
Les Reid, MD (Med’66), is an engineer, a businessman, a physician, and, now, a fairy godfather of sorts to Geisel medical students.
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT – Brent Bates: On the Right Track
Nationally ranked track athlete Brent Bates’ love of sports, and a fateful knee injury, led him to pursue a master’s research program in his home country of Canada before choosing the Geisel School of Medicine, where he plans to focus on sports medicine and orthopedic surgery.
Geisel Researcher Appointed to Cohn Professorship
Giovanni Bosco, PhD, a professor of Molecular and Systems Biology, has been appointed to the Oscar M. Cohn 1934 Professorship.
Discover First-Year Medical Student Priorities – U.S. News & World Report
Read article – An opinion piece by Cassie Kosarek, Geisel ’20, where she details how she prioritizes her responsibilities and activities as she navigates her first year of medical school. “Ultimately, flexibility and the willingness to adjust my patterns as I move through my day, week and first year have been instrumental in helping me redefine my daily tasks during medical school,” says Kosarek. “Doing so allows me to keep moving forward toward my ultimate goal of becoming a physician in a way that works.”
A Noninvasive Colon Cancer Test That’s FIT to Be Tried – NHPR via NPR
Read article – Continued coverage of comments by Douglas Robertson, professor of medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about the new fecal immunochemical blood test (FIT), a colon cancer test you can do at home without the unpleasantness and risk that turn people off of colonoscopy. The test is a newer and more accurate way to test for blood in stool, which can be a symptom of colon cancer.
Medical Marijuana Has Therapeutic Value, More Research Needed – Seacoast Online
Read article – Seddon Savage, adjunct associate professor of anesthesiology and director of the Dartmouth Center on Addiction, Recovery & Education, is quoted about how data on marijuana’s health impacts are prolific, as scientists have long observed what pot does to the body and mind. But such research is based on recreational cannabis use, not medical. “While there are extensive anecdotal reports and clinical observations accrued over millennia of use,” says Savage, “there are very few scientific studies of the efficacy of cannabis and cannabis side effects for different conditions and symptoms, not a fraction of the extensive study that is required to bring medications to market through usual pharmaceutical pathways.”
A Noninvasive Colon Cancer Test That’s FIT to Be Tried – NPR
Read article – Douglas Robertson, professor of medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, is quoted regarding the new fecal immunochemical blood test (FIT), a colon cancer test you can do at home without the unpleasantness and risk that turn people off of colonoscopy. The test is a newer and more accurate way to test for blood in stool, which can be a symptom of colon cancer.
Q&A: Practice of Overdiagnosing Breast Cancer – Diagnostic Imaging
Read article – Features an interview with H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, where he discusses the likelihood of overdiagnosis among women with potential breast cancers and what it means for screening mammography efficacy.
SYNERGY’s Clinician-Entrepreneur Fellowship: Fostering Innovation, Enhancing Patient Care
Two innovative new products designed to improve patient care are being developed by Richard Barth, Jr., MD, and William Hudenko, PhD, through the SYNERGY Clinician-Entrepreneur Fellowship (S-CEF) program. Headed by Aaron Kaplan, MD, the S-CEF seeks to cultivate entrepreneurial skills among clinical faculty at the Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth-Hitchcock.