Read article – The New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study operated out of the Geisel School of Medicine is featured in an article about a larger study into the effects on BMI when exposed to PFAS prenatally.

Read article – Quotes Steven Woloshin, MED ’96, a professor of the Dartmouth Institute, in an article about a study he co-authored that found that the National Cancer Institute’s Know Your Chances website, which can calculate an individual’s risk for death over the coming years, is about to get more accurate by including smoking history. Woloshin and co-authors, who were involved with the creation of the site, note that the National Cancer Institute is in the process of updating the website using a new model to create charts for current, former, and never smokers.

Read article – Quotes President Philip J. Hanlon ’77; Saeed Hassanpour, CPHAI’s inaugural director and an associate professor of biomedical data science, epidemiology, and computer science; and Jocelyn Chertoff, chair and professor of radiology, in a feature on Dartmouth’s new Center for Precision Health and Artificial Intelligence. “What makes CPHAI unique is its interdisciplinary and comprehensive approach to precision health and artificial intelligence, focusing not only on technological advancements but also on ethical and societal implications,” Hassanpour said.

Read article – A study by Geisel Medical School researchers is cited in an article debunking common health myths. The study found that while our bodies do need eight cups of fluid a day, much of that liquid comes from food, so we do not need to drink eight glasses of water a day. (Picked up by Yahoo! Life.)

Read article – The journal Current Biology features a Q&A with Henry (Harry) Higgs, PhD, the John La Porte Given Foundation, Inc. Professor in Cytology and professor of biochemistry and cell biology at Geisel.

Read article – Andrew Gettinger ’76, MED ’79, a professor emeritus of anesthesiology, is featured in an article about his recently published proposal for reforms in electronic health records. “Although addressing shortcomings in EHRs will not cure all that ails our current healthcare system, implementing these recommendations should positively affect patients and clinicians and move us toward the original vision of a patient-centered, technology-enhanced healthcare ecosystem that is designed to significantly improve outcomes at a lower cost, with more satisfied patients and clinicians,” Gettinger writes.

Watch video – Features a presentation by Stewart J. Tepper, a professor of neurology, about recent advances in migraine therapeutics. “Another study that was presented at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting in Boston in April of 2023 was the pivotal study of the remote electrical neuromodulation device for the prevention of migraine,” Tepper said.

Watch video – An interview with Andrew Shuman, a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics, about the end of the federal COVID-19 public health emergency. “The acceptance rate of the COVID vaccines among pediatric patients has been very low because parents have been very cautious,” Shuman said.

Read article – Kendall Hoyt, an assistant professor of medicine and faculty director of the Dickey Center Pandemic Security Project, writes an opinion piece about the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. “The U.S. must continue to invest in basic virology, immunology, and vaccinology for pathogens with pandemic potential,” Hoyt writes.

Read article – Features a study co-authored by Geisel researchers into addiction treatment medicine. In the study, 12.7% of Black patients received buprenorphine in the six months after the precipitating event, compared with 18.7% of Latino patients and 23.3% of white patients.