Listen to story – As a guest on “The Exchange,” Tim Lahey, associate professor of medicine, microbiology and immunology, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, discusses HIV and AIDS in New Hampshire and how new preventative methods and ever-improving treatments mean that more patients are living longer, healthier lives. But many challenges remain, including testing and insurance discrimination.

Read article – Coverage on Brock Christensen, associate professor of epidemiology, and his fellow Norris Cotton Cancer Center researchers’ breakthrough discovery in identifying the functional role of two specific DNA modifications in glioblastoma (GBM) cancer tissues.

Read article – Quotes Jennifer Emond, assistant professor of biomedical data science and of pediatrics, in continued coverage of research she led that found mindless snacking in front of the television set may start long before children know how to work the remote control.

Read article – An opinion piece by Cassie Kosarek, Geisel ’20, where she shares a three-step guide to help medical students choose when they should take their MCAT exam. (Also picked up by Yahoo Sports)

Read article – Cites a study conducted by Steven Woloshin, professor of community and family medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, that found that consumers and physicians mistakenly substitute the dictionary version of “breakthrough,” meaning a sudden, dramatic and important discovery, when they hear about the FDA designation.

Read article – Cites a Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice study that found Medicare beneficiaries in Pittsburgh were 44 percent more likely to receive lumbar fusions, compared to the national average, between 2001 and 2011.

Read article – Jennifer Emond, assistant professor of biomedical data science and of pediatrics, is quoted about research she led that found children as young as preschool age who view food advertisements during their favorite shows tend to overeat even when they’re not hungry.

Read article – Article features research led by Jennifer Emond, assistant professor of biomedical data science and of pediatrics, that found preschoolers who watched “Sesame Street” interrupted by TV ads for a salty snack food ended up eating more of that food soon after.

Read article – Brian O’Sullivan, professor of pediatrics, is quoted in regards to new research that suggests an obscure microbe may be driving a silent epidemic among cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. O’Sullivan and other experts say the study shows that hospitals need to do more to reduce the infection risk for their patients. “This has huge implications for CF center isolation and cleansing protocols,” says O’Sullivan.

Read article – Quotes Alexander Mainor, a health policy fellow at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about how a Republican in the White House could spell the end for the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “Should the impediment of the presidential veto be removed, survival of the ACA in the face of a Republican-controlled Congress and White House seems unlikely,” says Mainor.