The New York Times – Discusses the arguments that H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, puts forth in his book, Less Medicine, More Health: 7 Assumptions That Drive Too Much Medical Care.
Articles by: Geisel Communications
Cherenkov Effect Improves Radiation Therapy for Patients with Cancer
Investigators from Dartmouth’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center published new findings about how the complex parts of the blue light known as the Cherenkov Effect can be measured and used in dosimetry to make radiation therapies safer and more effective.
Baby formula poses higher arsenic risk to newborns than breast milk, Dartmouth study shows
In the first U.S. study of urinary arsenic in babies, Dartmouth researchers found that formula-fed infants had higher arsenic levels than breast-fed infants, and that breast milk itself contained very low arsenic concentrations.
What to Do With Our Bodies After We Die
The Huffington Post – An article co-authored by Emeritus Professor of Medicine Peter Mogielnicki, on the Urban Death Project, which has designed a system for urban settings in which human bodies are transformed into a soil-enriching substance.
Too Many People Die in Hospital Instead of Home
Los Altos Patch – David Goodman, professor of pediatrics, comments on end-of-life care in the state of New York.
Falk Foundation Grant Advances Translational Research in Scleroderma
Ground-breaking discoveries about a rare and debilitating family of diseases has earned Geisel genetics researcher Michael Whitfield, a highly competitive Catalyst Award from the Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust.
Google-style Ranking Used to Describe Gene Connectivity
Using the technique known as “Gene Rank”, Dartmouth investigator Eugene Demidenko, PhD, captured and described a new characterization of gene connectivity in “Microarray Enriched Gene Rank,” published in BioData Mining. The effective computer algorithm can be used to compare tissues across or within organisms at great speed with a simple laptop computer.
A Conversation Everyone Should Have—and Too Often Don’t
CNBC – Mentions a 2013 study co-authored by David Goodman, professor of pediatrics, which looked at the increase in use of hospice services. Read more…
Dartmouth Investigators Identify Key Pathways Underlying Different Subsets of Systemic Sclerosis
Why do some patients with systemic sclerosis respond to therapy while others do not? The answer may lie in the fine nuances of a patient’s disease; some patients with similar disease symptoms appear to have distinct biological pathways driving their diseases.
A Life: Peter “Pano” Rodis, 1959-2014: ‘He Wanted to Know That Everyone Was Being Treated Right’
Valley News – A feature on the late Peter Rodis, and his contributions to Geisel and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. The article reports that Rodis’s goal was to invigorate the two institutions’ practice of what he and other advocates called “compassionate care,” and quotes colleagues and family members on his life, character, and work.
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