Read article – Quotes Timothy Lahey, associate professor of medicine, microbiology and immunology, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about how flu symptoms are a good reason to forgo traveling. “There are some viruses that just go like wildfire through close quarters,” says Lahey.

Read article – Quotes H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and professor of economics and adjunct professor of business administration, about a new study that concluded a significant proportion of tumors detected through mammography are small because they are biologically prone to slow growth. It appears that “screening disproportionately finds good cancers — cancers that may be better off not found,” says Welch, who was not involved in the study. “I think that we all need to realize that we’ve probably oversold the idea that looking for cancer early is the best way to avoid it.”

Read article – Quotes Timothy Lahey, associate professor of medicine, microbiology and immunology, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about new legislation in Germany that will make it mandatory for all kindergartens to notify the German health authority if parents haven’t submitted proof of vaccination counseling for their children.

Read article – Continued coverage of a recent conference hosted at Dartmouth titled “Tackling the New Hampshire Opioid Crisis: Harnessing the Power of Science to Break the Cycle” to address the country’s opioid epidemic. The conference featured speakers such as U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster DC’78 and Nora Volkow, director of the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse, as well as a presentation by Lisa Marsch, director of the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (CTBH) and professor of psychiatry and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. Marsch presented on CTBH’s findings from a study that examined the social, medical, economic, and political factors that have given rise to the disproportionately high rate of opioid overdoses in New Hampshire.

Read article – As a guest on “The Exchange,” Mary Jo Turk, associate professor of microbiology and immunology, discusses why Granite Staters are highly vulnerable to skin cancer, and why there’s cause for optimism, particularly when it comes to prevention and immunotherapy.

Read article – A feature story about how researchers, health care providers, first responders and U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster ’78, gathered at Dartmouth to discuss ways to reduce opioid misuse and opioid-related deaths. The gathering highlighted a new HotSpot Report of opioid overdoses in the Granite State led by Lisa Marsch, director of the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health and professor of psychiatry and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.

Read article – Features comments by Lisa Marsch, director of the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (CTBH) and professor of psychiatry and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster ’78, in a segment about a panel discussion at Dartmouth titled “Tackling the New Hampshire Opioid Crisis: Harnessing the Power of Science to Break the Cycle,” which focused on developing innovative solutions to tackle the opioid crisis.

Read article – Quotes President Phil Hanlon ’77; Duane Compton, dean of the Geisel School of Medicine; and Lisa Marsch, director of the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (CTBH) and professor of psychiatry and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; in a feature story about a recent conference Dartmouth hosted to address the country’s opioid epidemic. At the conference, Marsch presented the results of a six-month study of the crisis conducted by researchers at CTBH with funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Read article – An opinion piece by Kathy Kirkland, Geisel ’86, professor of medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about how facing worst-case scenarios in a safe environment can help people prepare themselves and practice how they might react.

Read article – As a guest on “Vermont Edition,” Michael Sateia, active emeritus professor of psychiatry, discusses the causes of sleeplessness, insomnia, and sleep apnea, and their profound effects.