The Baltimore Sun – Article cites books by H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, as readable and informative sources to learn more about the overuse of medical care.
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Clinton Health Panel Looks into the Secrets of a Long Life
The Desert Sun – Ellen Meara, associate professor of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and adjunct associate professor of economics, attended the Clinton Foundation’s Health Matters Initiative Activation Summit, where she commented about how the death rates of white, middle-aged Americans have been on the rise since 1999.
Study Suggests Lowering the Age for First Colonoscopy to 40
New York Daily News – Quotes H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about whether lowering the guideline for the suggested cancer screening age would help the overall population. “The public should understand that cancer screening involves trade-offs,” says Welch. “And there can be too much of it leading people to worry about things they do not need to worry about.”
Is Bernie Sanders Right About Health Care?
CNN – An opinion piece by H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, where he discusses Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ plan for universal health care coverage.
Virtual Idyll Could Aid Convalescence and Stave off Depression
New Scientist – Continued coverage of research led by Jay Buckey, professor of medicine and adjunct professor of engineering, Allison Anderson, a post-doctoral fellow, using Virtual Reality headsets in hopes of testing the technology’s ability to alleviate feelings of isolation, relax people and sharpen their focus.
Bacteria or Virus? Diagnostic Tool Could Curb Antibiotic Overuse
Stat News – 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 a new diagnostic tool that uses the body’s response to determine if a patient is feeling lousy because of a bacteria, a virus, or something else entirely.
First-of-its-Kind Dartmouth Study Compares End-of-Life Care Between Seven Countries
New Hampshire Union Leader – Quotes Julie Bynum, associate professor of medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, who is the lead researcher on a comparative study released Tuesday of seven developed countries’ approaches to end-of-life care.
Environmental Toxin Linked to Dementia, Study Shows
The Washington Post – Article quotes Elijah Stommel, professor of neurology, about how a new study shows that chronic exposure to a toxin found in some lakes and desert topcrusts contributes to neurological problems commonly associated with ALS, Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases, but at least in certain animals the damage appeared to be offset by increasing an amino acid in the diet.
How Doctors Die
Marketplace – Quotes David Goodman, professor of pediatrics, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about how The Dartmouth Atlas Project, which gathers and analyzes health care data, found that 17 percent of Medicare’s $550 billion annual budget is spent on patients’ last six months of life. “We haven’t bent the cost curve on end-of-life care,” says Goodman.
Rethinking Attention Deficit Disorder: A Look at Diagnosis, Treatment, and Education (Audio)
NHPR – As a guest on NHPR’s “The Exhange,” William Burl Daviss, associate professor of psychiatry, discusses how having a child with ADHD is no longer outside the norm, but that there’s plenty of disagreement over the nature of the diagnosis itself, when medication can help kids, and when other approaches might be better.