Read article – Ron Adner, a professor of business administration, and James N. Weinstein, a professor emeritus of orthopaedics and former CEO and president of Dartmouth Health, co-author an opinion piece about the potential of generative AI in health care. “Channeled correctly, AI really can be a rising tide that lifts a great many boats. And like a tide, it is already coming in,” Adner and Weinstein write.
Articles by: Geisel Communications
No One’s Promising You Can Keep Your Doctor Anymore – Politico
Read article – Quotes Elisabeth Wilson, a professor of community and family medicine, in an article about efforts by U.S. lawmakers to overhaul the primary care system. “We’re thrilled to have more nurse practitioners and more physician assistants,” said Wilson. “The onus is on us to help people understand that as a team we actually provide better care and they will have better outcomes.”
How to Quit Your Mental Health Meds in Four Steps – Yahoo! Life via Mental
Read article – Julia Frew, an assistant professor of psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology, and medical education, is featured in an article about coming off mental health medications. “My number one most important piece of advice is to talk through the decision with a provider,” Frew said.
Geisel’s Founding Day Celebration
Thanks to everyone who came together for a fun and informative evening for Geisel’s Founding Day Celebration. The strategic goal leaders were pleased to share all the remarkable progress we have made in the first year of implementation of the One Geisel, Leading Forward Strategic Plan.
Learning About Medicine Through Classical Art
Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry and physician Lee Witters collaborated with Krista Schemitsch ’24 on a website and digital exhibit that showcase how classical art can enhance perception of medical topics and human disease.
Are COVID Nasal Vaccines on the Way? – Health Central
Read article – Peter Wright, a professor of pediatrics and an infectious disease physician, is featured in an article about the development of a COVID-19 nasal spray vaccine. “The injected mRNA vaccines have been incredibly valuable in preventing serious illness and death, but they haven’t been able to stop transmission,” Wright said. “The inhaled COVID vaccines in development could finally impact that, because they stop the virus from growing in the nasal cavity.”
Advice to Always Go to the ER After an Epi Shot is Set to Change – Allergic Living
Read article – Marcus Shaker, a professor of pediatrics and medicine, is featured in an article about new guidelines for epi-pen users. “Needing to activate EMS created a barrier to epinephrine use for families,” Shaker said.
Statins and Diabetes: Everything You Need to Know – Diabetes Strong
Read article – Alexander Reeves, a professor emeritus of neurology, is featured in an article about the proposed benefits and side effects of statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering medications often prescribed to diabetics to lower their risk of various cardiovascular events. “Other past research, with 150,000 female participants, revealed a 71% increased risk of diabetes,” Reeves said.
Turns Out People Actually Die Twice When the End Comes – Health Digest
Read article – James Bernat, a professor emeritus of neurology, is cited in an article about what happens biologically when we die. When it comes to brain death, doctors ultimately pronounce that death in a hospital setting.
Gun Safety Is Public Health, Not Politics – New Hampshire Bulletin
Read article – Dartmouth Health CEO and President Joanne Conroy ’77 and Keith J. Loud, chair and associate professor of pediatrics, co-author an opinion piece about gun violence as a public health issue. “One way to address gun violence as a public health crisis is to share information with responsible gun owners about how to store firearms safely: locked up and with the ammunition locked and stored separately, which research shows can reduce firearm injury and death,” Conroy and Loud write.