Articles by: Geisel Communications

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.”

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.