Read article – Quotes Samir Soneji, assistant professor of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about research he led that found that some cigarette-smoking adults in the U.S. were able to quit with the help of e-cigs, but it also revealed that 81 times as many adolescents and young adults who used e-cigs eventually moved on to a regular smoking habit.

Read article – Quotes Lisa Schwartz, director of the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health and professor of psychiatry and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about Ronny Jackson, the White House physician who is battling to save his nomination to be the secretary of veterans affairs following accusations that he regularly handed out the sleep drug Ambien and the alertness drug Provigil to West Wing officials traveling on overseas flights.

Read article – As a guest on “Morning Edition,” Norman Paradis, professor of medicine, discusses an over-the-counter testing kit that could help diagnose sexually transmitted diseases.

Read article – As a guest on “The Exchange,” Robert Santulli, honorary associate professor of psychiatry, discusses the diagnosis of young-onset Alzheimer’s in the Granite State.

Read article – An article about end-of-life care and final wishes mentions that according to the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, more than 80 percent of patients with chronic diseases say they want to avoid hospitalization and intensive care when they are dying, but only one in three adults has those wishes explained.

Read article – An article about two first-year students at the Geisel School of Medicine who received a Schweitzer Fellowship to support their mentoring program that positively influences wellness for LGBTQ and questioning youth of Sullivan County participating in Rural Outright, a program of TLC Family Resource Center, quotes one of the students. “By collaborating with Rural Outright, we will expand support services available to queer youth to address the lack of LGBTQ+ mentoring programs currently available as they explore issues related to gender and sexuality,” said Jacqueline Gresham MED ’21.

Read article – Continued coverage of a report co-written by Jonathan Skinner, the James O. Freedman Presidential Professor in Economics, professor of community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in which he and his coauthor argue that healthcare costs are unlikely to decrease unless the industry also reduces the growth in employment, despite industry-wide efforts to cut spending.

Read article – Continued coverage of a report co-written by Jonathan Skinner, the James O. Freedman Presidential Professor in Economics, professor of community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in which he and his co-author argue that healthcare costs are unlikely to decrease unless the industry also reduces the growth in employment, despite industry-wide efforts to cut spending.

Read article – An article about a new opinion piece in the Journal of the American Medical Association that argues taking responsibility for patients based on geographic regions could help providers better generate financial savings. Mentions that two of the three piece’s authors are from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice: Adam Briggs, visiting scientist, and Elliott Fisher, director.

Read article – An article about curbing healthcare costs at the expense of job growth in the sector quotes an op-ed co-written by Jonathan Skinner, the James O. Freedman Presidential Professor in Economics, professor of community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. “The challenge of job gains in the healthcare sector is higher healthcare costs, job loss in other sectors … and stagnant take-home pay for those who manage to keep their jobs,” the authors wrote. (Picked up by Becker’s Hospital Review.)