Read article – Kendall Hoyt, a senior lecturer of engineering and assistant professor of medicine, is listed as one of the authors of the new book Lessons From the COVID War. In the book, Hoyt and over 30 other experts from the worlds of policy, public health, science, biodefense, and patient advocacy examine how the U.S. lost the pandemic war. (Picked up by MSN.)

Read article – Quotes Steven Woloshin, MED ’96, a professor of the Dartmouth Institute, in an article about the pregnancy risks of Ozempic—approved only for diabetes but used off-label for weight loss—as well as the higher-dose obesity formulation Wegovy.

Read article – Andrew Schuman, a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics, writes a column about navigating pediatric practice through staffing shortages and increased workloads. “We need to reinvent our practices and create a better medical home for our patients,” Schuman said. “For many providers, this is long overdue and should be seen as an opportunity rather than a hardship.”

Read article – Ilana Cass, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, is featured in an article about criminal and civil penalties for doctors who perform abortions after six months of pregnancy. “This will have an impact on my recruiting,” Cass said. (Picked up by Yahoo! News.)

Watch video – Wahab Khan, an assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, is featured in a segment about how DHMC is creating a gene database that will help speed up patient diagnoses as well as anticipate future ailments. For the first time in northern New England, we’ll be able to offer this at scale. That was not possible before,” Khan said.

Read article – Audrey Calderwood, an associate professor of medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute, is featured in an article about surveillance colonoscopies. “We have observed in clinical care that colonoscopy for monitoring in patients with a history of colon polyps is sometimes performed when people are of advanced age and/or when people may not be in the best health due to other medical problems or have competing health priorities,” Calderwood said.

Read article – In this opinion piece, third year Geisel medical student Lily Greene argues for the reauthorization of Medicaid expansion in New Hampshire, highlighting the positive impact it has had on cancer care in the state.

Read article – Features research by Lucy Skinner, MED ’21, ’23, in an article about pay differences for female and male physicians. “Addressing the barriers that lead to women working fewer hours could contribute to a reduction in the male-female earnings gap while helping to expand the effective physician workforce,” Skinner said. (Picked up by Southwest Iowa Herald.)

Read article – Features JoAnna Leyenaar, an associate professor at the Dartmouth Institute, in an article about her co-authored research that found that mental health hospitalizations increased by 25.8% between 2009 and 2019, and cost $1.37 billion. (Picked up by Yahoo! News.)

Read article – Features comments by Lucy Skinner, MED ’21, MED ’23, in an article about her study that found female physicians earn less than their male counterparts across all ages and family types.