Dr. Lisa Schwartz, 55, Is Dead; Warned of Unnecessary Treatments – The New York Times

Read article - An obituary for Lisa Schwartz, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, who with her husband and fellow Geisel professor Steven Woloshin devoted her life to warning patients about the dangers of unnecessary medical tests and treatment and excessive diagnoses. Schwartz and Woloshin trained hundreds of journalists to become more skeptical about claimed scientific breakthroughs and miracle cures. (Picked up by WRAL.)