Articles by: Geisel Communications

Research Sheds New Light on Cystic Fibrosis – The Davis Enterprise

Read article – An article featuring research led by an interdisciplinary team of scientists from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and UC Davis that links a newly discovered class of bacterial enzymes to battling cystic fibrosis, a progressive, genetic disease characterized by persistent lung infections and inability to breathe normally.

Does It Matter if Your Doctor Is a Man or a Woman? – U.S News & World Report via Associated Press

Read article – Quotes Lisa Schwartz, professor of community and family medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; and H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; about a recent study of older patients hospitalized for common illnesses that found patients who got most of their care from women doctors were more likely to leave the hospital alive than those treated by men. Schwartz and Welch were not involved in the study. (Additional coverage: The Washington Post, The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and more)

Beyond Opioids: Surgeons Explore New Approaches to Pain Control – General Surgery News

Read article – Quotes Richard Barth, professor of surgery, who recently led a study that recommended cutting down the number of opioids prescribed after surgery. “I suspect we are going to see a major change in the number of opioids prescribed. There are lots of things we can do, with local anaesthetics in wounds that can be used as well as taking even some medications prior to surgery and using nonopioid alternatives like acetaminophen to help,” says Barth.

Why Are Americans With Severe Mental Illness Dying 25 Years Younger Than Their Peers? – Quartz

Read article – Stephen Bartels, professor of psychiatry, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, is quoted about how Americans with severe mental illness die on average 25 years younger than their peers, not from suicide or drug abuse, but from preventable physical ailments like smoking and obesity. “This really is the largest recognized health disparity in the United States,” says Bartels. “A tragic part of the stigmatization of mental illness is the marginalization of these individuals.”

Over-Regulation Restricting Vermont Health Care – Vermont Watchdog

Read article – Quotes Jared Rhoads, a research project manager at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about a new study he co-authored on openness and access in health care systems, which has ranked Vermont as one of the most restrictive states in the country. Rhoads said the bad score reflects “state officials’ obsession for insurance regulation.”

These Maps Show How Americans Are Dying Younger. It’s Not Just the Opioid Epidemic – Vox

Read article – Quotes Jonathan Skinner, professor of community and family medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and the James O. Freedman Presidential Professor in Economics, about a study published in JAMA by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation that maps out mortality trends by county and cause from 1980 to 2014.