Read story – Quotes Corey Siegel, associate professor of medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and co-founder of ColonaryConcepts. The Boston-based company aims to answer many colonoscopy patients’ prayers by developing bowel-clearing food bars and drinks that taste more like fruit smoothies and chocolate—but more research is needed before these bars will be available to the public. “I’m really proud that we’ve invented something different that makes the experience so much easier,” says Siegel.
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Q&A With Anna Adachi-Mejia, Director of Dartmouth’s Health Promotion Research Center
Anna Adachi-Mejia, PhD, who was recently appointed director of the The Dartmouth Institute-based Health Promotion Research Center at Dartmouth (HPRCD), reflects on her work and HPRCD’s role in addressing some of today’s pressing public health concerns.
Why Men Are Opting Out of Life and Escaping Into Digital Media – NewsOk
Read article – Quotes James Sargent, the Scott M. and Lisa G. Stuart Professor of Pediatric Oncology, professor of pediatrics, biomedical data science, and of community and family medicine, about how digital media robs people of time spent “in the real world.” “My biggest issue is that digital media is such a big presence in the lives of all our young people that they fail to see enough of the real, natural world,” says Sargent.
What Women Need to Know About Mammograms and Breast Cancer Overdiagnosis – The Huffington Post via Reuters
Read article – Continued coverage of comments by H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, who was the chief author of a new study that found better treatment and not earlier detection with screening mammography may be the reason rates of death from breast cancer have declined in recent years.
Study Finds High Rate of Overdiagnosis From Mammograms – AOL via Reuters
Read article – Continued coverage of comments by H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, who was the chief author of a new study that found better treatment and not earlier detection with screening mammography may be the reason rates of death from breast cancer have declined in recent years.
Dartmouth SYNERGY Announces the Availability of Funding (RFA) for 2017 Pilot Grant Awards
Dartmouth SYNERGY Clinical and Translational Science Institute announces the availability of grant funding for 2017 SYNERGY Pilot Awards. The SYNERGY Translational Pilot Program seeks to fund innovative interdisciplinary research proposals that have clear potential for translation into patient-oriented care and improved population health.
Parents, Researchers Fight to Stamp Out Smoking on the Big Screen (Audio) – Newswires
Read article – As a guest on “The Pulse,” James Sargent, the Scott M. and Lisa G. Stuart Professor of Pediatric Oncology, professor of pediatrics, biomedical data science, and of community and family medicine, discusses the 15-year tug-of-war over how smoking has been depicted in the movies. (Sargent’s comments begin at approximately 1:42.)
Majority of Women Diagnosed With Breast Cancer After Screening Mammograms Get Unnecessary Treatment, Study Finds – Los Angeles Times
Read article – Quotes and features a video of H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, discussing a new study he led that found widespread screening has led to massive overtreatment for breast cancer, and that better treatment—not mammography—is the main reason that mortality has declined. Additional coverage in NBC News, Modern Healthcare, FiveThirtyEight, Stat News, MedPage Today.
Study Questions Value of Mammograms, Breast Cancer Screening – The New York Times via Associated Press
Read article – Quotes H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, who led a new study that questions the value of mammograms for breast cancer screening. Welch’s study concludes that a woman is more likely to be diagnosed with a small tumor that is not destined to grow than she is to have a true problem spotted early. The work could further shift the balance of whether the harm of screening outweighs its benefits. Additional coverage – The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Business Insider, ABC News)
In Our Opinion: TV Content Ratings Worse Than Useless – Deseret News Opinion
Read article – Discusses a new study led by Joy Gabrielli, postdoctoral trainee at Geisel, which analyzed 300 episodes of 17 different programs, and found that shows rated as appropriate for viewing by youths 7 years old and older had appreciably the same amount of objectionable content as shows rated for mature audiences only.