Read article – Quotes Lisa Marsch, 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 research she led examining why New Hampshire’s opioid problem is so dire. “We have highly available, highly potent opioids in New Hampshire,” says Marsch. “And highly limited resources to reduce the risk.”

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, in an article discussing the pitfalls of cancer screening. “For many cancers, we’re not good at distinguishing which will be dangerous and which won’t,” says Schwartz. “If these cancers don’t actually go on to progress, the treatment is pure harm.” (Picked up by Popular Science Australia.)

Read article – quotes Juliette Madan, an associate professor of medicine (pediatrics) at Geisel and a neonatologist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, in an article about how an infant’s first exposure to microbiomes may actually begin in the womb.

Read article – Features research coauthored by Brian Sites, professor of anesthesiology and of orthopaedics, that found that patients with musculoskeletal conditions who receive prescription opioids are more satisfied with their care than comparable patients who do not receive opioids.

Read article – Quotes David Jevsevar, chair and assistant professor of orthopaedics, in an article about how fake surgeries can help reveal whether popular surgeries are actually effective.

Read article – Quotes Ellen Meara, professor of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about the United States’ decline in life expectancy. “We have to look to see what we are doing or have been doing differently since the 1980s—it’s not like we can’t achieve what other countries have,” Meara said.

Read article – Cites comments by Lisa Schwartz, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about how decades of public awareness campaigns have convinced patients that cancer screenings are essential.

Read article – A column by John Damianos D ’16, MED ’20, in which he discusses how healthcare is also caught in the fake news phenomenon. “With the vast amount of misinformation available to patients … it is more important than ever before for medical students to learn how to critically examine the scientific literature on a topic and meticulously attempt to separate fact from fiction,” says Damianos.

Read article – Features research led by Mary Brunette, associate professor of psychiatry, that found that abstinence-contingent incentives improved smoking cessation outcomes among economically disadvantaged smokers with mental illness receiving tobacco treatment at community mental health centers.

Read article – An opinion piece by Cassie Kosarek, Geisel ’20, in which she shares four soft skills for medical students to cultivate in order to take better care of their patients and themselves as they navigate the complexities, frustrations, and rewards of a career in medicine.