Read article – Continued coverage of comments by Steven Woloshin, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about how drugs for arthritis and psoriasis—such as Humira and Enbrel—have flooded the market over the past 20 years and have been linked to many deaths.

Read article – An opinion piece co-authored by Oge Young, MED ’75, clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and Ellen Joyce, instructor of obstetrics and gynecology, in which they discuss the restrictive abortion bills passed or proposed in the U.S. this year.

Read article – A news brief announcing that Laleh Talebian, Geisel ’05, and Karlen Thyne, a personal trainer and an award-winning bodybuilder, have opened DNA Dynamic Natural Athletes in the space formerly occupied by Curves on Route 5 in White River Junction, Vt. Describing itself as an “integrative wellness center and open exercise space,” DNA provides health evaluations along with nutrition plans, personal fitness coaching, and endurance training.

Read article – Continued coverage of comments by Andrew Loehrer, assistant professor of surgery and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about how pro bono programs have become crucial as hospitals turn away uninsured patients.

Read article – Quotes Andrew Loehrer, assistant professor of surgery and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about how pro bono programs have become crucial as hospitals turn away uninsured patients. “Our health system is still profoundly incapable of meeting the needs of these vulnerable populations,” says Loehrer. “Patients are often left on their own to sort of figure out a way … We aren’t creating systems that make it as easy as it should be for patients to get lifesaving treatment.”

Read article – Continued coverage of comments by Andrew Loehrer, assistant professor of surgery and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about how pro bono programs have become crucial as hospitals turn away uninsured patients.

Read article – Cites comments by Joseph C. Anderson, associate professor of medicine, about how gastroenterologists are more prone to burnout than other physicians.

Read article – Quotes Lisa Marsch, the Andrew G. Wallace Professor and professor of psychiatry and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about how technology firms are taking aim at the opioid crisis and related health problems with a new class of treatments–digital therapeutics–delivered by smartphone. With these technologies, “you disrupt that behavior chain and learn new skills to make lifestyle changes to stop self-defeating patterns,” says Marsch. “People can use it 24/7 as a clinician in their pocket.”

Read article – Quotes Michael Passarelli, assistant professor of epidemiology, in an article about a study that found that patients with colorectal cancer should have their body composition assessed on computed tomography imaging at diagnosis to assess their risk of cardiovascular disease, rather than relying on body mass index. “I think the takeaway here, at least from my point of view, is that the notion of the obesity paradox for mortality from colorectal cancer and separately from cardiovascular disease seems to be largely an artifact of the inadequacies of measuring obesity using height and weight,” says Passarelli, who was not involved in the study but wrote an editorial to accompany the research in JAMA Oncology.

Read article – Cites a study on inhalation toxicity conducted by researchers from the Geisel School of Medicine. (Picked up by Florida Today.)