Read article – Quotes James Bernat, the Louis and Ruth Frank Professor of Neuroscience and active emeritus professor of neurology and medicine, in an article about how the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) called for uniform brain death laws, policies, and practices in a new position statement. “The AAN statement was prompted by several recent medicolegal cases that highlighted controversies in brain death and questioned whether it should be considered an accepted and valid medical standard,” says Bernat, who helped develop the conceptual foundation of brain death that formed the basis of the Uniform Determination of Death Act, a model state law that was approved for the U.S. in 1981.

Read article – Continued coverage of comments by Jennifer Emond, assistant professor of biomedical data science and of pediatrics, in a feature story about research she led that found that young children are more likely to demand specific sugary cereals for breakfast when they have seen television ads for these products.

Read article – Quotes Susanne Tanski, associate professor of pediatrics, and Samir Soneji, associate professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in a feature story about how public health officials are tackling vaping issues in the Upper Valley. (Picked up by News Times, Lexington Herald Leader, and The Charlotte Observer.)

Read article – Quotes Stewart Tepper, professor of neurology, in an article reviewing the progress migraine treatment has made in 2018. Tepper comments on the drugs rimegepant and ubrogepant, which are oral CGRP receptor antagonists for acute migraine treatment.

Read article – Quotes Nancy Morden, adjunct associate professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in a feature study about research she led that found that despite warnings that supplemental testosterone may raise the risk of stroke and heart attack, doctors continue to prescribe the hormone off-label to men with cardiovascular disease.

Read article – Continued coverage of comments by Jennifer Emond, assistant professor of biomedical data science and of pediatrics, in a feature story about research she led that found that young children are more likely to demand specific sugary cereals for breakfast when they have seen television ads for these products.

Read article – Continued coverage of comments by Susanne Tanski, associate professor of pediatrics, in an article about how public health experts are struggling with how to help teenagers quit vaping. “We are using our best judgment but we don’t know exactly what to do. There’s no sound science yet,” says Tanski, who will represent the American Academy of Pediatrics at an FDA hearing next year on vaping interventions.

Read article – An opinion piece by Roshini Pinto-Powell, associate professor of medicine and of medical education, in which she discusses how impostor syndrome, a psychological pattern whereby an individual doubts their accomplishments and harbors a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a fraud, isn’t more common for people of any particular gender.

Read article – Quotes Jennifer Emond, assistant professor of biomedical data science and of pediatrics, in a feature story about research she led that found that young children are more likely to demand specific sugary cereals for breakfast when they have seen television ads for these products. (Picked up by WHTC and Deccan Chronicle.)

Read article – Cites a study conducted by researchers at Dartmouth that found that Veterans Affairs hospitals outperform private facilities in 121 regional markets.