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Thyroid Cancer Detection and Surgery May Be Too Aggressive – HealthLeaders Media

Read article – Continued coverage of research coauthored by H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in which he determined that the prevalence of total thyroidectomy procedures and the potential for harm are unjustifiable. “The basic problem is the belief that more is always better—particularly in the treatment of cancer,” says Welch. (Similar coverage in WebMD.)

Juul, e-cig popular with teens, faces renewed scrutiny amid multiple lawsuits – Salon.com

Read article – Quotes James Sargent, professor of pediatrics and director of the C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, in an article about the addictive nature of e-cigarettes and the growing backlash that e-cig manufacturers like Juul are facing for not doing more to prevent teens from purchasing their products. “You can’t design something that a 25-year-old is going to just love, that a 16-year-old won’t also be interested in,” says Sargent.

Why Are Doctors Removing Too Many Thyroids? – U.S. News & World Report via HealthDay News

Read article – Quotes H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about a study he coauthored that found that most cases of thyroid cancer could be treated either by partial removal of the thyroid gland or by simply keeping an eye on the cancer in case it becomes aggressive. (Similar coverage in Medscape.)

Fruit Flies Warn Other Species About Wasp Danger – Cosmos

Read article – Features research led by Balint Kacsoh, a student at Geisel’s Bosco Lab, that found that fruit flies can learn the dialects of other fly species after a period of living together. “We find flies can communicate with one another about an anticipated danger, which is suggestive of a fly ‘language’,” says Kacsoh. “Living together enables the flies to learn new dialects composed of different visual and scent cues.”

Understanding Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – NHMagazine.com

Read article – Quotes Robert Brady, assistant professor of psychiatry, in an article about how cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and how it has become one of the most popular mental health therapies. “CBT is a success story in psychotherapy—I would say more so than any other type of intervention both in terms of the practical application of it and in terms of its research,” says Brady.

At the Hospitals: Dartmouth Welcomes New Leader for Biomedical and Translational Informatics Programs – Valley News

Read article – Alfredo Tirado-Ramos has joined the Dartmouth community to lead biomedical and translational informatics programs for the Geisel School of Medicine and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system. Tirado-Ramos will serve as director of biomedical informatics at Synergy Clinical and Translational Science Institute, and of the Biomedical Data Science Research Software Laboratory. In addition, he will be an associate professor in the department of biomedical data science at Geisel and scientific director of biomedical informatics for Dartmouth-Hitchcock.

Nicotine Use During Pregnancy May Increase Risk of SIDS – UPI via HealthDay News

Read article – Continued coverage of a study conducted by researchers at the Geisel School of Medicine that found that mothers who vape or wear nicotine patches during pregnancy increase their baby’s risk of crib death, or sudden infant death syndrome—the unexpected death of an apparently healthy child under the age of 12 months, typically during sleep. (Similar coverage in TheJournal.ie.)