Read article—Features Steven Woloshin, a professor of medicine, discussing the risks and benefits of testosterone therapy amid growing demand for treatment. “I think we really need to have a better handle on the long-term benefits and harms,” Woloshin said.

Read article—Features Felicia Goodrum, a professor of microbiology and immunology, explaining how gain-of-function research helps scientists understand how pathogens infect cells and cause disease. “Improvements are possible, but no science in the U.S. is conducted without this sort of oversight,” Goodrum said.

Read article—Features Dartmouth’s Anatomical Gifts Program, highlighting the role body donors play in medical education and research. James Reed, director of Dartmouth’s Anatomical Gifts Program, said the College accepts an average of 28 body donations each year and has more than 1,700 registered donors, adding, “The people who call us just for information is in the realm of 20 to 30 a day.”

Read article—Features Keith Loud, associate professor of pediatrics, discussing firearm safety as an important part of injury prevention. “Firearms are the number one cause of death in children and adolescents in the United States, with many injuries due to self-inflicted accidents or intentional self-harm,” Loud said.

Read article—Features Mitch Zeller, a clinical instructor in pediatrics, discussing the FDA’s decision to allow Zyn nicotine pouches to be marketed as presenting lower health risks than cigarettes. “They’re demonstrably less harmful than burning tobacco leaves and inhaling the 7,000 chemicals that are in tobacco smoke,” Zeller said.

Read article—The Geisel School of Medicine’s first female dean starts her tenure Saturday and she’s excited to turn a spotlight onto Dartmouth’s medical school.

Read article—Highlights the Geisel School of Medicine’s leadership of ASCEND, a national initiative funded by Genentech to strengthen biomedical research, expand representation in medical education, and foster collaboration among medical schools serving historically underrepresented communities. Lisa McBride, associate dean at Geisel, said the partnerships will help ensure research and medical education better reflect the communities most affected by cancer, diabetes, and other chronic diseases.

Read article – Features Felicia Goodrum, a professor of microbiology and immunology, discussing Anthony Fauci’s pandemic-era notes and the scientific debate over COVID-19’s origins. “We are less safe. We are less prepared for a pandemic right now than we were in 2019,” Goodrum said, warning that funding cuts and ongoing disputes over the pandemic’s origins are hindering research to prevent future outbreaks.

Read article—Features comments by Felicia Goodrum, a professor of microbiology and immunology, on scientific evidence supporting an animal-to-human origin for COVID-19 and warning that ongoing debates over the pandemic’s origins may undermine preparedness for future outbreaks. “We are less safe. We are less prepared for a pandemic right now than we were in 2019,” Goodrum said. (Similar coverage in KDKA)