Read article – Quotes Stewart Tepper, professor of neurology, about the FDA’s announcement of approval of Aimovig for the preventive treatment of migraine in adults.

Read article – Quotes Douglas Robertson, professor of medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about new guidelines released by the American Cancer Society that state that people should begin screening for colorectal cancer at age 45. “Screening is always a trade-off with benefit and harm,” says Robertson. “The trade-off is that as you go to younger and younger age groups, the absolute risk for getting or dying from cancer is lower, so more and more people would need to be screened to find the one case of colorectal cancer hiding in these younger age groups.”

Read article – Quotes Juliette Madan, MD, MS, an associate professor of epidemiology and pediatrics at Geisel and clinical director of the Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Center at Dartmouth. Madan gave the keynote address at this year’s symposium, held May 23rd at Dartmouth’s Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center, covering both her own research, which focuses on microbe-human interactions beginning in infancy, and her path in science, medicine, and research. More than160 undergraduates showcased over 120 projects from 12 different disciplines at the event, which is named for the late chemistry professor and Women in Science Project co-founder Karen E. Wetterhahn.

Read article – A conversation with Lee Witters, MD, the Eugene W. Leonard 1921 Professor of Medicine, and professor of medical education and of biochemistry and cell biology at Geisel, about how his distinguished career as a physician, researcher, and educator has evolved. Witters currently teaches three popular courses to Dartmouth undergraduate students in the Biology Department, as well as endocrine physiology classes to Geisel medical students. He also serves as faculty advisor for the Nathan Smith Society, and oversees the Teaching Science Fellows Program at the college.

Read article – Quotes Kelly Aschbrenner, assistant professor of psychiatry and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about the impact of Facebook’s privacy violations on the social media platform’s popular groups feature. Facebook group administrators have noticed that their members are increasingly worried about the privacy of their personal information, and say they hope future protections are in the works because their groups serve a valuable function. Dartmouth researchers found that these groups provided important peer support by creating a sense of belonging in a forum that’s free of social stigma. “Not only do you learn you’re not alone, you learn how other people are coping,” says Aschbrenner.

Read article – Continued coverage of comments by H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about how the Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health System will offer DNA sequencing to 1,000 patients that to test for genetic mutations that increases your risk for a treatable medical condition. Welch expresses concerns about the cascading effect of expensive and potentially harmful medical treatment when a genetic risk is identified.

Read article – Continued coverage of comments by Stewart Tepper, professor of neurology, about why patients and doctors so often don’t realize a person’s headaches are migraines and instead believe they are caused by tension, stress or dehydration, or that they are “sinus headaches.” “Sinus headaches are an invention of Madison Avenue,” says Tepper. “If you go to Europe, they don’t know what you are talking about.” (Picked up by Bennington Banner and The Berkshire Eagle.)

Read article – Quotes Stewart Tepper, professor of neurology, about why patients and doctors so often don’t realize a person’s headaches are migraines, and instead believe they are caused by tension, stress or dehydration, or that they are “sinus headaches.” “Sinus headaches are an invention of Madison Avenue,” says Tepper. “If you go to Europe, they don’t know what you are talking about.”

Read article – Quotes William Weeks, professor of psychiatry, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about a study he led that found that end-of-life medical care costs declined in the first five years of this decade.

Read article – Quotes James Bernat, the Louis and Ruth Frank Professor of Neuroscience and active emeritus professor of neurology and medicine, in an article that examines the various definitions of death and how they have changed over time, as life-extending technology has blurred the line between life and death. Bernat states that in most countries, being brain dead—meaning the whole brain has stopped working and cannot return to functionality—is the standard for calling death.