Read article – An opinion piece by H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and professor of economics and adjunct professor of business administration, where he discusses a recent study he conducted that found one group of Americans—the affluent—were at particularly high risk for being diagnosed with four cancers that are less likely to affect health: breast cancer, prostate cancer, thyroid cancer, and melanoma. “Don’t make the mistake of thinking the affluent are genuinely at higher risk for these cancers. They aren’t,” says Welch. “Their death rates from these cancers are similar to everybody else’s. Instead, they are at higher risk of being overdiagnosed because they are so thoroughly examined.”

Read article – Continued coverage of data from the Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare that found nearly one-third of cancer patients end up in the intensive care unit, or ICU, in the last month of life.

Read article – Quotes Julie Bynum, associate professor of medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, who challenged the notion that finite health care resources should drive how health care is delivered to baby boomers as more of them enter their twilight years. “We can scapegoat the population change, but we can also change the way we deliver health care,” says Bynum. “We should think about what we’re delivering and how much return there is for people getting care.”

Read article – Cites data from the Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare that found nearly one-third of cancer patients end up in the intensive care unit, or ICU, in the last month of life.

Read article – Quotes H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and professor of economics and adjunct professor of business administration; and Elliott Fisher, director of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and professor of medicine and of community and family medicine; about new research they conducted that found wealthy Americans are more likely to be diagnosed with some types of cancer than poor people.

Read article – Quotes Timothy Lahey, associate professor of medicine, microbiology and immunology, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about how flu symptoms are a good reason to forgo traveling. “There are some viruses that just go like wildfire through close quarters,” says Lahey.

Read article – Quotes Timothy Lahey, associate professor of medicine, microbiology and immunology, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about new legislation in Germany that will make it mandatory for all kindergartens to notify the German health authority if parents haven’t submitted proof of vaccination counseling for their children.