Jezebel – Cites research conducted by H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, published in a 2010 New England Journal of Medicine article, on the merits of screening mammographies.
Articles by: Geisel Communications
7 Things That Happen When You Stop Eating Dairy
Rodale’s Organic Life – Cites a study conducted by researchers at the Geisel School of Medicine, which found that milk contains testosterone-like hormones that may stimulate oil glands in the skin and contribute to breakouts, in an article that discusses what you stand to gain—or lose—when removing dairy from your diet.
Cogswell Conference to Focus on Substance Abuse
Seacoastonline.com – Mark McGovern, professor of psychiatry, will serve as keynote speaker at this year’s Erik Cogswell Memorial Conference to raise awareness about mental illness and provide people from diverse backgrounds with current resources and information. McGovern comments on the disparity in how treatment and recovery services are designed and delivered.
Dartmouth Researchers Say Hospital Care for Children Varies
New Hampshire Union Leader – A new study by researchers at Geisel and the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice finds that hospital care for children with complex medical issues varies throughout New England. Co-authors Shawn Ralston, associate professor of pediatrics, David Goodman, professor of pediatrics, and Wade Harrison, manager of special projects at TDI, hope that the study will shed light on how medical decisions are made to improve medical outcomes.
Study: Pediatric Patient Care Varies Greatly Depending on Hospital
VPR – Quotes Shawn Ralston, associate professor of pediatrics, who is the co-author of a recent study which found that children with complex medical needs get different treatment depending on where in Northern New England they receive care. “This is a different patient population and there should be some variation in there. But there shouldn’t be variation at the level we are seeing,” says Ralston.
Addiction, Poor Care Drove N.H. Medicaid Patients to Shop Around for Opioids
NHPR – Quotes Gilbert Fanciullo, professor of anesthesiology and and director of pain management at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, about how providers are increasingly aware of the risks of opioids, but that many patients demand them. “Patients are coming into our offices and saying, ‘I’ve tried everything, I still have this pain and I want it treated,'” Fanciullo says. “And it’s very hard for some doctors to tell the patient, ‘No.'” Fanciullo also comments on data from the state of New Hampshire, which found that the strength and number of opioids prescribed to some Medicaid patients who use multiple providers varied greatly from one pharmacy visit to the next. “There is no question that it is poor care, and there is no question that it is dangerous,” says Fanciullo.
ASCO, AAHPM Issue Guidance Statement on Hospice, Palliative Care in Oncology Practice
Healio – Cites comments by Kathleen Bickel, assistant professor of medicine, on a recent study she conducted with fellow researchers to define what constitutes as high-quality primary palliative care delivered by medical oncology practices. “The small workforce of palliative care specialists are insufficient to meet the needs of all patients with cancer in the U.S. who might benefit from these services,” says Bickel.
Hospital Care Patterns Vary Greatly for Children with Complex Medical Issues
Medical XPress – Cites a recent study conducted by Shawn Ralston, associate professor of pediatrics; David Goodman, professor of pediatrics, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; Wade Harrison, Geisel ’16, researcher at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; and Jared Wasserman, Analytic Project Manager at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. The study examines the population of children with medical complexity in three states—Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, and found significant differences across the hospitals providing care in inpatient days, outpatient visits, emergency room visits and diagnostic tests.
What if Everything Your Doctor Told You About Breast Cancer Was Wrong?
Mother Jones – Cites comments from an opinion piece written in 2013 by H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about how breast cancer is not one disease—it’s many, and different types can behave in a variety of ways.
Should Facebook Inc. Open Up Its User Data for the Greater Good?
The Motley Fool – Cites research by Benjamin Crosier, a postdoctoral fellow in the department of psychiatry, in article about how Facebook’s restrictions on its user data is affecting academia. Crosier is researching links between social-media activity and problems such as drug addiction. Crosier, who had hoped to build an app, was denied access to the Facebook data he was using earlier this year and is now petitioning the social network, hoping he can resume his efforts.