Read article – Highlights 2016 research led by H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, that looked at the relationship between colorectal cancer trends and screening and reported “unambiguous ‘good news'”—the overall incidence of colorectal cancer had dropped by more than 45 percent since its peak in the mid-1980s, and deaths have dropped, too.

Read article – Quotes Lisa Schwartz and Steven Woloshin, both professors of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about how disease-awareness campaigns may seem caring or educational but are often just marketing in disguise.

Read article – As guests on “The Exchange,” Elizabeth Talbot, associate professor of medicine, and Jonathan Winter, assistant professor of geography and adjunct assistant professor of earth science, discuss new research that shows that illnesses carried by ticks and mosquitos are on the rise. They discuss why these creatures are carrying more disease, and what you need to know about illnesses such as Lyme, babesiosis, and Zika.

testosterone” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Read article – Quotes Lisa Schwartz and Steven Woloshin, both professors of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about advertisements for low testosterone treatments. “Whether the campaign is motivated by a sincere desire to help men or simply by greed, we should recognize it for what it is: a mass, uncontrolled experiment that invites men to expose themselves to the harms of a treatment unlikely to fix problems that may be wholly unrelated to testosterone levels,” say Schwartz and Woloshin.

Read article – A news brief about how Matthew Haag has been appointed vice president for development and alumni relations for the Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth-Hitchcock, effective September 10.

Read article – Continued coverage of comments by Samir Soneji, assistant professor of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about how a heated debate is redrawing alliances in the tobacco control movement as federal officials wrestle with how to regulate the growing e-cigarette market. (Picked up by The Register-Guard.)

Read article – Cites a study conducted by researchers at Dartmouth that studied patients undergoing five common outpatient procedures and found that opioid prescriptions for post-operative pain varied widely and 70 percent of prescribed pills were never used.

Read article – Quotes Elizabeth Talbot, associate professor of medicine, and Jonathan Winter, assistant professor of geography and adjunct assistant professor of earth science, about new research that shows that illnesses carried by ticks and mosquitos are on the rise.

Read article – A segment about how the Geisel School of Medicine received a $5.3 million grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study pregnant women battling opioid addiction. The article accompanying the segment quotes Duane Compton, dean of the Geisel School of Medicine and professor of biochemistry and cell biology, about the grant. (Picked up by MSN.)

Read article – Cites research by Margaret Karagas, chair and professor of epidemiology, and professor of community and family medicine, that presents a nuanced interpretation of the scientific findings around mercury contamination in seafood.