Scientific American – Continued coverage on comments by Margaret Karagas, chair and professor of epidemiology, and professor of community and family medicine, on recent research conducted by scientists at Queen’s University Belfast, U.K., which found that preparing rice by flushing it through with fresh hot water can remove much of the grain’s naturally stored arsenic.

NHPR – As a guest on NHPR’s “The Exchange,” Brooke Judd, assistant professor of psychiatry, discusses the latest sleep research on how much sleep you should get and how to get it.

U.S. News & World Report via Health Day News – Cites a recent study conducted by Wade Harrison, Geisel ’16, and David Goodman, MD, PhD, researchers at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, which found that more babies are being treated in neonatal intensive care units at many U.S. hospitals, and the infants are bigger and less premature.

Health News Review – Article quotes Steven Woloshin, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, on the recent claim by Gary Gilliland, president of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, that it is plausible there will be a cure for most human cancers within 10 years. Woloshin notes that it is a “great aspiration – but, unfortunately no reason to think it’s more than a dream right now.”

Valley News – Continued coverage on the career development awards given by the White River Junction VA Medical Center to Eric Henderson, assistant professor of orthopaedics, and Florian Schroeck, assistant professor of orthopaedics and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, both of whom are members of the White River Junction VA Outcomes Group.

Med School Blog – Lists the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth second in a list of five of the best medical schools for nature lovers.

GDN Online – Continued coverage of comments by Ethan Berke, associate professor of community and family medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at Geisel, on a recent study that found that a smartphone’s sensors could potentially identify whether the user might suffer from depression.

Becker’s ASC Review – Continued coverage on the career development awards given by the White River Junction VA Medical Center to Eric Henderson, assistant professor of orthopaedics, and Florian Schroeck, assistant professor of orthopaedics and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, both of whom are members of the White River Junction VA Outcomes Group. The article notes that these career development awards increase salaries, which allow winners to strengthen their careers as clinician-investigators.

Daily Mail – Quotes James Sargent, professor of pediatrics, on a recent study which found that e-cigarettes could be luring teens into trying smoking and eventually lead to smoking regular cigarettes.

VT Digger – The White River Junction VA Medical Center has awarded career development awards to Eric Henderson, assistant professor of orthopaedics, and Florian Schroeck, assistant professor of orthopaedics and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at Geisel, both of whom are members of the White River Junction VA Outcomes Group.