Read article – A segment featuring a new report compiled by researchers at Dartmouth on Manchester’s Safe Station program, which called the program a unique community response to the opioid crisis. The report by the Center of Technology and Behavioral Health at Dartmouth found that firefighters are well positioned to serve as the contact point between someone seeking help and recovery agencies because, as one person put it, “from early childhood, we were raised to trust firemen.”

Read article – Continued coverage of a study conducted by researchers at Dartmouth that found that arthritis is more common among depressed patients than those who were not suffering from the mood disorder. (Similar coverage in MedPage Today, InfoSurhoy, and Psychiatric News Alert.)

Read article – Jeffrey Kuvin, professor of medicine, provides his perspective on the ASCEND trial of aspirin and omega-3 fatty acids for primary CVD prevention in patients with diabetes.

Read article – Quotes Daniel Albert, professor of medicine, pediatrics, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about tele-rheumatology, a phenomenon that is increasing as technology penetrates deeper into everyday life, but still faces a number of challenges. “The hardware is the easy part,” says Albert. “I use the camera on my laptop and a video conferencing software package called Vidyo; the patient room has a cart with a small camera and a second close-up camera. The hard part is all the administrative infrastructure including scheduling, billing, credentialing, and licensure.”

Read article – Cites comments by Lisa Marsch, the Andrew G. Wallace Professor and professor of psychiatry and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about how she and fellow researchers at Dartmouth have completed a months-long study of Manchester’s Safe Station program—a two-and-a-half year effort by the city’s fire department to open their doors to those struggling with addiction. Their data shows Safe Station’s success relates to its low price tag, its convenience, and the immediacy of the service firefighters are able to offer.

Read article – Highlights David Gazzaniga, MD, MED ’94, as one of the top orthopedic surgeons to know in the U.S.

Read article – Continued coverage of comments by James Dinulos, clinical associate professor of surgery, in an article about how even though the number of dermatologists per capita in the U.S. has surged more than 20 percent since the mid-90s, a new study suggests that access to care may have improved more in cities than in rural areas.

Read article – Briefly cites the Dartmouth Atlas Project in an article about how the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently authorized Medicare Advantage Plans to use step therapy protocols for Part B drugs.

Read article – Quotes James Dinulos, clinical associate professor of surgery, in an article about how even though the number of  dermatologists per capita in the U.S. has surged more than 20 percent since the mid-90s, a new study suggests that access to care may have improved more in cities than in rural areas. “These other practitioners are being asked to tackle the same skin issues a seasoned dermatologist would, but with very little if any formal dermatology training,” says  Dinulos, who wasn’t involved in the study. “This can result in delayed or misdiagnoses, ineffective treatments or unnecessary visits – particularly for skin cancer and eczema.” (Picked up by 100.7 Mix FM and Physician’s Weekly.)

Read article – Quotes Paula Schnurr, professor of psychiatry, about how the Department of Veterans Affairs is studying whether it is better to treat post-traumatic stress by consciously processing traumatic events or by prolonged exposure to memory of the trauma in hopes of fine-tuning the therapy delivery system. “Treatment for PTSD works. PTSD does not have to be a chronic disorder,” says Schnur. “We’re at a state right now where we have a number of treatments that are effective, but what we don’t know very much about is how the treatments compare with each other.”