Read article – Quotes Barbara Jobst, chair and professor of neurology, in an article about the concerns that neurology patients have regarding the COVID-19 vaccine. Jobst says the main concern for her epilepsy patients is whether the vaccine will cause a seizure. “What could happen is if their temperature rises, fever could cause a seizure, but there are far more risks with getting COVID, including dying,” says Jobst.

Read article – Quotes Stewart Tepper, professor of neurology, in an article about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s clearance of the first noninvasive multichannel brain neuromodulation system to treat acute migraine pain. “Patients will now have access to a highly effective, easy-to-use, non-invasive, and drug free therapeutic option that will help them regain control of their lives,” said Teppe

Listen now – As a guest on the Finding Genius Podcast, Steven Fiering, professor of microbiology and immunology, discusses his research on immunotherapy to treat cancer. “Any immunotherapy that works has to overcome the immunosuppression that’s manifested by the tumor,” says Fiering.

Read article – A profile of Denise Youssef, clinical assistant professor of pediatrics, who provides care for patients at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua in New Hampshire.

Read article – An article about a study conducted by researchers from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Harvard Medical School, which found that there were wide variations in hospital admission rates between physicians when patients visited the emergency department. “The variation suggests that physician decision making contributes considerably to whether a patient in the ED is admitted and might therefore be a fruitful target for interventions,” the researchers wrote in the study.

Read article – An obituary for former Geisel faculty member Bernard Lown, who died on February 16. Lown was a pioneering cardiologist and a co-founder of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. The organization he helped establish was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985.

Read article – Cites comments by John Wasson, emeritus professor of community and family medicine, in an article providing recommendations on how to make the most out of visits to the doctor’s office during the pandemic. Wasson helped create the “What Matters Index,” a brief, confidential questionnaire meant to help people identify potential issues to discuss with their doctors.

Read article – Quotes Brian Pogue, the MacLean Professor of Engineering, in a blog post about the Norris Cotton Cancer Center’s installation of BeamSite Cherenkov imaging cameras in its radiotherapy treatment rooms. The camera system, invented by the company DoseOptics, LLC, captures imaging and real-time video of the beam directly on the patient, allowing the radiation oncology team to visualize treatment delivery. “Cherenkov cameras mounted inside the radiotherapy treatment rooms give us the ability to simply see the treatment and provide an intuitive guide to therapists that we otherwise wouldn’t have had,” says Pogue. “This is a terrific tool for tracking what happens each day and in each treatment, and for improving the quality of radiotherapy delivery.”

Read more – Quotes Rebecca Emeny, a research scientist at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about a new study she led which found that “substantial regional variation exists in fracture-associated drug prescriptions for long-term care facility residents.”

Listen now – As a guest on The Exchange, Jose Mercado, assistant professor of medicine, discusses the COVID-19 virus variants, how they are developing, and U.S. efforts to track the variants as compared to other countries.