Read article – A roundup of AI innovations that highlights Thomas Thesen, an associate professor of medical education, and a teaching-tool-in-progress called “AI Patient Actor” that he is testing on second-year students at the Geisel School of Medicine. The tool allows students to practice interviewing patients in English, Spanish, German or Swahili.

Read article – Jay Buckey, director of the Space Medicine Innovations Laboratory, offers advice for first-time flyers. Buckey suggests trying motion sickness medication at home before traveling to see how the effects impact you.

Read article – A study by Geisel School of Medicine researchers is mentioned in an article about reducing added sugars. The study found that excess sugar molecules attach to collagen fibers which causes them to lose flexibility and strength, causing skin to lose elasticity.

Read article – Megan Romano, an associate professor of epidemiology, is cited in an article about how PFAS, aka forever chemicals, will be addressed by New Hampshire lawmakers. Romano notes that PFAS blood testing would help those chronically exposed to the chemicals to make proactive decisions with their healthcare providers.

Read article – Elizabeth Talbot, a professor of medicine, is featured in an article about outbreaks of walking pneumonia—mycoplasma pneumoniae infections—in China, Denmark, France, and the U.S. in Ohio. “There are antibiotics that can treat this,” Talbot said.

Read article – Elizabeth Talbot, a professor of medicine, is featured in an article about pneumonia outbreaks in China, Denmark, France, and the U.S. in Ohio. “Clusters and outbreaks of Mycoplasma pneumonia are indeed normal,” Talbot said. “Epidemics of Mycoplasma pneumonia do tend to be cyclical, occurring every 4 to 8 years in the general population but can occur anytime among people living closely together, like those in military barracks and prisons,” Talbot said.

Watch video – Kendall Hoyt, faculty director for the Dickey Global Health Initiative’s Pandemic Security Project and assistant professor of medicine, and Ford von Reyn ’67, MED ’69, are featured in a segment about the vaccine conference hosted at Dartmouth this week. It was at Dartmouth that the technology behind the mRNA vaccine for COVID was invented and research is currently underway for a COVID vaccine nasal spray. “It’s a remarkable legacy,” von Reyn said.

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.

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.”

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.