NBC – Quotes Jay Dunlap, professor of genetics, on how various organisms produce their own light. (Similar coverage by ABC Science, Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, and others).

The Atlantic – Glyn Elwyn, professor and senior scientist at the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science, comments on the shift toward shared decision-making between patients and healthcare providers.

VPR – An interview with H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, on his new book, Less Medicine, More Health, which contends against the prevailing medical assumptions that drive too much medical care.

News OK – Quotes Glyn Elwyn, professor and senior scientist at the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science, on the changing nature of decision-making between doctors and patients when choosing treatment.

U-T San Diego – Quotes Elliott Fisher, director of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, on an example of how some medical procedures are overused.

U.S. News & World Report – Philip Kinsler, adjunct associate professor of psychiatry, comments on the controversial nature of diagnosing dissociative identity disorder, a condition in which a patient’s personality splinters into different identities in order to cope with trauma and emotional pain.

Bloomberg – Quotes Lisa Schwartz, professor of medicine, on the potential flaws in the information gathered through ResearchKit, a tool that has created a generated a pool of millions of iPhone owners worldwide, letting doctors find trial participants for medical studies at unprecedented rates.

The Atlantic – In this article, Tim Lahey, associate professor of medicine, explains why advances in medicine can prolong life, but can also make it more difficult for doctors to know when a patient has truly died.