Read article – Features research coauthored by Samir Soneji, associate professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, that found that quitting smoking before pregnancy or as early as possible during pregnancy reduces the risk of preterm birth. (Similar coverage in WCAX and Web India 123.)

Read article – An article about how a New Hampshire Senate bill seeking to increase funding and staff for the Division for Children, Youth, and Families won the unanimous backing of the department’s oversight board mentions that Jenn Alford-Teaster, a geospatial research project director in the department of biomedical science, made DYCF funding a central component of her unsuccessful state senator bid last November.

Read article – Continued coverage of comments by James Bernat, active emeritus professor of neurology and medicine, on how a team of scientists at Yale reported they were able to restore some of the molecular and cellular functions in the brains of recently deceased pigs. Bernat was not involved in the study.

Read article – An article about how a team of scientists at Yale University reported they were able to restore some of the brains’ molecular and cellular functions in recently deceased pigs quotes James Bernat, active emeritus professor of neurology and medicine. “I think it’s remarkable: They were able to restore some brain activity hours after death and the cessation of [blood] circulation, which was previously thought to cause irreversible damage and loss of function,” says Bernat, who was not involved in the study. (Picked up by The Boston Globe.)

Read article – An article about Acreage Holdings, Inc., an investment company with an established footprint in the cannabis industry, mentions that earlier this month, the company recruited Corey Burchman, assistant professor of anesthesiology, to serve in the newly created role of chief medical officer.

Read article – Continued coverage of how U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney is pressing for more information about the threat of toxic blue-green algae mentions research by Elijah Stommel, professor of neurology, which indicated that people living near bodies of water with heavy blue-green algae blooms had a 15 times greater chance of getting ALS.

Read article – An article about LoveYourBrain, which offers programs to foster community and resilience to people suffering from traumatic brain injuries, features the story of Nirali Chauhan, Geisel ’18, who suffered injuries after being accidentally run over by a neighbor in his sport-utility vehicle. “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.

Read article – An article about how U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney is pressing for more information about the threat of toxic blue-green algae mentions that Elijah Stommel, professor of neurology, reported that people living near bodies of water with heavy blue-green algae blooms had a 15 times greater chance of getting ALS.

Read article – Quotes Susanne Tanski, associate professor of pediatrics, in an article about how teen vaping is on the rise. “Teens who become dependent on nicotine will become dependent adults,” says Tanski. “We were doing such a good job educating this generation about the dangers. Rates were plummeting and it was a beautiful thing to watch, and now we may be failing again by exposing a whole generation to something we do not yet understand.”

Read article – Catherine Pipas, professor of community and family medicine, recently delivered the keynote address at the West Virginia Gold Humanism and Women in Medicine Summit. “We are identifying the challenge of the work that we do,” Pipas said of the event. “How being a part of the health profession, we are at risk for burnout and the commitment that we have to take. To take care of ourselves in order to do a better job in caring for our patients.”