Read article—Shelby Sullivan, a professor of medicine, talks about the clinical trial she led showing that a minimally invasive procedure may help patients maintain weight loss after stopping GLP-1 drugs. The results will be presented May 4 at Digestive Disease Week 2026. “What’s particularly encouraging is that the benefit appears to increase over time rather than fade, and that it behaves like a drug in terms of dose response,” Sullivan said.

Read article—Researchers and professors from the Geisel School of Medicine propose a three-pillar framework to support the expansion of transcatheter aortic valve replacement to lower-risk, asymptomatic patient populations for aortic stenosis.

Listen to podcast—Charles Sentman, PHD, a professor of microbiology and immunology and Center for Synthetic Immunity director at Geisel is featured in a discussion on new strategies for overcoming the unique challenges of treating solid tumors.

Read article—Interview with Katie Lichter, an assistant professor of radiation oncology and health policy, and inaugural director of the new Division of Resilient and Sustainable Cancer Care in the Dartmouth Cancer Center. Lichter’s team is looking at how cancer treatment can impact the environment and how treatment can be impacted by climate change. “Do patients have a harder time recovering because their bodies are stressed by other factors? Whether that’s mental stress or actual stress from the poor air quality? We don’t know. But all things that we’re very interested in exploring further,” Lichter said.

Read article—In this article, VaccinesWork talks to Kendal Hoyt, assistant professor of medicine at Geisel, about how military research programs have played critical roles in the development of many new or improved vaccines, with a focus on the American military’s efforts during WW2.

Read article—Corneliu Stanciu, an assistant professor of psychiatry,  explains how kratom emerged as a dangerous, potent new drug for opioid users. “I tried to put out some public education alerts and nobody was interested,” said Stanciu. Kratom poisonings have surged by 1,200%, according to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, aided by the third wave of kratom products, which Stanciu characterizes as “products that look absolutely nothing like kratom.”

Read article—Quotes Yiping Li, a PhD student in the Quantitative Biomedical Sciences Program, in coverage of research she co-authored that links higher consumption of ultra-processed foods to increased risk of prediabetes, particularly among younger adults. “These findings indicate that ultra-processed food consumption increases the risk for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes among young adults—and that limiting consumption of those foods can help prevent disease,” Li said.

Read article—Priscilla Slanetz, a professor of radiology, writes in a co-authored commentary that research suggests that abbreviated MRI protocols for women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer show promise in expanding access and improving treatment tolerance, though more study is needed.