Concord Monitor via Associated Press – Associate Professor of Medicine Elizabeth Talbot has returned from Sierra Leone where she spent five weeks training medical workers how to avoid the Ebola virus. Talbot is quoted on her self-imposed quarantine.
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How Residency Programs Are Training Doctors to Waste Money
Vox – Cites research by the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, which looked at how spending in medical care varies by region, and quotes Director of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice Elliott Fisher on doctors’ practice patterns.
Smoker’s Disease No More, Lung Cancer Gets New Therapies
Bloomberg – Professor of Medicine Konstantin Dragnev comments on the effects of new drugs that have improved treatment for lung cancer.
Hookah Leads To Increased Probability Of Smoking Cigarettes Amongst Teens
The Science Times – Continued coverage on the recent study led by Assistant Professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice Samir Soneji, and published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, which found that teens who had smoked water pipe tobacco were at increased risk of cigarette smoking after two years.
Hookah Smoking Increases Risk of Subsequent Cigarette Smoking Among Adolescents and Young Adults
A team of researchers at Dartmouth College and University of Pittsburgh found respondents who had smoked water pipe tobacco but not smoked cigarettes were at increased risk of cigarette smoking two years later as recently published online in JAMA Pediatrics.
Dartmouth: A Family
First-year medical student Andrew Park reflects on the strength of the Dartmouth community and how it came together after the sudden passing of a classmate.
New Hampshire Doctor Helping Fight Ebola Overseas Prepares for Return Home
WMUR – Associate Professor of Medicine Elizabeth Talbot speaks out about anxieties concerning her return to New London from West Africa, where she worked to control the Ebola outbreak.
Tim Lahey: Top 10 Trends in HIV This Year
This year we have seen palpable progress in the fight against AIDS, and also some astonishing hucksterism. In celebration of World AIDS Day 2014, here are 10 of the most influential trends in HIV this year.
At the Intersection of Science, Health Care, and Technology: The Center for Surgical Innovation
A unique facility for both patient care and translational research, the new Center for Surgical Innovation at Dartmouth-Hitchcock combines interoperative imaging capabilities that give surgeons unprecedented ability to see, in real time, the tissue and organs involved in procedures.
FDA Regs Highlight Harms of Indoor Tanning
Reuters UK – Quotes Professor of Community and Family Medicine Margaret Karagas on the dangers of indoor tanning.