Dr. Norm Payson’s experience as a scholarship student at Dartmouth inspired him to donate funds to help ease the pressures of debt for medical students at the Geisel School of Medicine.
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Aspirin May Deserve Closer Look as DVT Prophylaxis in Lower Extremity Orthopedic Surgeries
The Hospitalist – Assistant Professor of Medicine Frank Drescher is interviewed by the Society of Hospital Medicine on his work comparing anticoagulants to aspirin. While Drescher “was surprised to see anticoagulants—often considered the stronger medication—make no difference compared with aspirin in lowering DVT risk with hip and knee replacement surgeries,” he did contend, “that patients’ behavior post-surgery may make a difference.”
Nanoparticles to Awaken Immunity System to Fight Cancer
Business Standard – Dartmouth researchers including Professor of Microbiology Steve Fiering have found that nanoparticle
can “strengthen the body’s immune system response against tumors.” “Our lab’s approach differs from most in that we use nanoparticles to stimulate the immune system to attack tumors and there are a variety of potential ways that can be done,” said Fiering.
Waking Up Immune System Using Nanoparticles
Nature World News – Professor of Microbiology and Immunology Steve Fiering comments more on his recent work on nanoparticles.
How Well Does A Drug Work? Look Beyond The Fine Print
NPR – The husband-and-wife team from Dartmouth are on a decade-long mission. They have been pushing the FDA to get useful and readable quantitative data about drugs to doctors and their patients. Schwartz and Woloshin have designed a format they call a drug facts box.
Understanding TB Diagnosis in Haiti
Geisel medical student Tara Kedia checks in from Haiti, where this summer she is working on two projects related to the detection and diagnosis of tuberculosis.
VTE Prevention, Best Anticoagulant Varies by Surgery
Doctor’s Lounge – A meta-analysis published by Assistant Professor of Medicine Frank Drescher and colleagues is discussed in this article on how “aspirin may be less preferable to other anticoagulants following hip fracture repair,” but more favorable after other types of surgeries.
A Champion for Health-Care Equity
Lila May Walkden Flounders’ support of the Koop Institute was inspired by Dr. C. Everett Koop’s willingness to take on big challenges and confront powerful interests as Surgeon General in the 1980s.
Using Technology to Improve Health-Care Access in Vietnam
This summer, second-year student Tiffany Hoang is helping to implement a text message-based program to promote maternal health in Vietnam.
5 Things You Need to Know about Pap, HPV, and Pelvic Tests
Vox Conversations – Associate Professor of Medicine Brenda Sirovich argues that the HPV test has a high chance of delivering false positives in women under 30. “It’s much more likely to catch people and label them as diseased or abnormal when in reality, they are going to be just fine,” she says.