Read article – As a guest on the Resilient Performance Podcast, Michael Lauria ’05, Geisel ’08, discusses his career as a critical care flight paramedic and what civilian medicine and military medicine can learn from one another.

Read article – Cites data from the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, which measure variations in how medical resources are distributed or used across the country, among states, and down to a county level.

Read article – A news brief about how Greg Tsongalis, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, and Carin Reynolds, JD, have been named as honorary chairs for The Prouty, the annual charity event that has raised more than $36 million for Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center since its inception.

Read article – Highlights the career of Anne Hebert, MED ’82, who was the first pulmonologist at South County Hospital in South Kingstown, RI.

Read article – Continued coverage of comments by Nirali Chauhan, Geisel ’18, who attended yoga sessions operated by LoveYourBrain, an organization committed to improving life for people suffering from traumatic brain injuries, to recover from an accident that left her with a concussion. “After an injury that profoundly impacts you, I think it is natural to fight your brain or resist the changes that your injury has caused,” says Chauhan. “You have to nurture it and feed it and love your brain and your entire self, and only with that intention can you properly heal. It took me a little time to get to that point, but when I did, it only got better for me.” (Picked up by Lacrosse Tribune, The Sentinel, T&D, and Arizona Daily Sun.)

Read article – An opinion piece by Norman Paradis, professor of medicine, in which he discusses pharmaceutical company Biogen’s recent abandoning of its late-stage drug for Alzheimer’s, and how it’s unlikely that there will be a cure for Alzheimer’s in his lifetime. (Picked up by San Antonio Express-News.)

Read article – Continued coverage of comments by Samir Soneji, associate professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about research he coauthored that found that quitting smoking during pregnancy reduces the risk of delivering preterm. (Picked up by U.S. News & World Report.)

Read article – Continued coverage of comments by Jennifer Emond, assistant professor of biomedical data science and of pediatrics, about how parents need to make sure kids understand the importance of drinking water. “Parents should encourage their kids to limit (sugar-sweetened beverages), including flavored waters and sports drinks, and to choose water instead,” says Emond.

Read article – Quotes Richard Rothstein, the Joseph M. Huber Professor of Medicine and chair of the Department of Medicine, about how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the TransPyloric Shuttle (TPS) intragastric device to help eligible obese patients lose weight. (Similar coverage in Compleo.)

Read article – Quotes Steven Woloshin, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about research he conducted with the late Lisa Schwartz, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, that found that spending on drug marketing, disease awareness campaigns, health services, and laboratory testing increased from $17.7 billion in 1997 to $29.9 billion in 2016.