Read article – An obituary for John Gunderson, MED ’65, whose studies of people with suicidal urges, fears of abandonment, and squalls of emotion helped establish borderline personality disorder as a stand-alone diagnosis, providing a foundation for research and the first effective treatments.

Read article – Quotes Alan Budney, professor of psychiatry, about how he remains skeptical about medical marijuana and CBD products and concerned that the regulation of cannabis is too loose.

Read article – Quotes Michael Lyons, clinical assistant professor of community and family medicine, about the best way to talk to kids about sexuality. “This is a part of all humans,” says Lyons. “It’s so odd that it’s so much a part of everyone’s body and we don’t talk about it. It seems like something that could be smoother, easier, and give people a better sense of well-being and help avoid abuses.”

Read article – Quotes Gilbert Fanciullo, active emeritus professor of anesthesiology, in an article about how New Hampshire lawmakers recently held up the state’s opioid epidemic as a chief reason why, or why not, to legalize marijuana. “Cannabis is not a gateway drug,” says Fanciullo. He added that under legalization, the state could see a decrease in substance abuse because “people will substitute cannabis for other, more harmful drugs.”

Read article – Features research coauthored by Glyn Elwyn, professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and of community and family medicine, in which he and fellow colleagues examined the role that artificial intelligence may have in providing doctors with personalized, detailed feedback on their communication skills.

Read article – Quotes Louise Davies, associate professor of surgery and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about a study she coauthored that examined the burden of concern for patients with thyroid cancer who are under active surveillance. “It is reassuring to find that the burden of concern, such as worry, is similar between patients who are treated and those who are surveilled,” says Davies.

Read article – A College of the Atlantic earth sciences professor and her students are offering free testing of private wells on Mount Desert Island, Me., for arsenic and other minerals. The College of the Atlantic study is rooted in the “All About Arsenic” education initiative, a collaborative project initiated by the MDI Biological Laboratory and Dartmouth College.