Oncology Nurse Advisor – Article quotes Anna Tosteson, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and lead author of a recent study that found follow-up appointments for patients whose screening examinations showed abnormal findings occurred faster for findings of breast cancer than for colorectal and cervical cancers.

The New York Times – An opinion piece co-authored by H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about how he hopes that Medicare chooses not to pursue a strategy of penalizing doctors for ordering prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, tests.

Mental Floss – Continued coverage of comments by Steven Fiering, professor of microbiology and immunology and genetics, who led research with colleagues from Case Western University that found that exposure to tiny pieces of cowpea mosaic virus shell can prompt the immune system to begin attacking tumors.

OncLive – Cites research conducted by Lisa Schwartz and Steven Woloshin, both professors of medicine, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, to develop drug fact boxes for advertisements and prescription information that would provide more comprehensive data for use in interpreting the value of various medications.

Consumer Reports – Quotes Lisa Schwartz, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about how the risks of drugs to treat sleep problems may outweigh the benefits.

Medical Daily – Quotes William Gregory Feero, assistant professor of community and family medicine, from an editorial about a recent study conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center that revealed patients with genetic variations presumed to cause cardiac disorders often did not have any symptoms or signs of a heart condition.

Health Imaging – Cites research conducted by Brenda Sirovich, associate professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and Frank Drescher, assistant professor of medicine, about how an increasing number of emergency department patients are being given computed tomography (CT) scans—even those patients who are unlikely to benefit and are most likely to experience harm from the scan.

Popular Science – Article quotes Jay Buckey, professor of medicine and adjunct professor of engineering, who is leading a team deep into the Arctic to test whether exposure to nature through virtual reality can help improve mood and stress levels.

New Hampshire Union Leader – Quotes Seddon Savage, adjunct associate professor of anesthesiology and a member of the New Hampshire Governor’s Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment and Recovery, about how doctors at specialty pain clinics usually concentrate on treatments and procedures, while nurse practitioners and physician assistants handle medications and prescriptions. “Prescribing opioids, particularly prescribing them well, is very time-consuming,” says Savage. “I think everyone needs more training.”