Read article – Quotes Stephen Bartels, professor of psychiatry, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about a new population health initiative at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (D-H) that is developing innovative ways of delivering care, and accelerating the process for implementing those innovations, in a “collaborative living laboratory” known as the Population Health Collaboratory.

Read Article – Quotes Adrienne Faerber, research project manager at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about how the voice actors in drug commercials narrate the side effects in a deliberately dull, understated tone. “There’s no requirement for [drug manufacturers] to present things in a way that’s cognitively engaging,” says Farber.

Read Article – Continued coverage of comments by Julie Bynum, associate professor of medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about a new study from the Dartmouth Atlas project that examined where in the country the most progress is being made to improve health care for the nation’s growing number of older adults.

Read article – Quotes Diane Gilbert-Diamond, assistant professor of epidemiology and community and family medicine, about how a recent study by the World Health Organization linked the consumption of processed, smoked and red meats with an increased risk of cancer.

Read Article – Quotes Adrienne Faerber, research project manager at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about the narration of side-effects in drug ad commercials and how ads often present the information in a deliberately dull manner, set to “slow, swelling string music,” and with a languid, understated narration. “There’s no requirement for [drug manufacturers] to present things in a way that’s cognitively engaging,” says Faerber.

Read Article – Quotes Julie Bynum, associate professor of medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about a new study from the Dartmouth Atlas project that found Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions spend what amounts to one month each year in a doctor’s office, hospital, or some other healthcare venue but often do not receive well-coordinated or evidence-based care.

Read Article – Features research conducted by The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice which analyzed Medicare data to find patterns of where medical care is both good and bad, and found where the aging and ill can receive the best health care.

Read Article – Quotes Lisa Schwartz and Steven Woloshin, both professors of medicine, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about a recent study conducted on the effects of AndroGel, a testosterone treatment for men. “The effects on sexual function, mood, and depression are very small,” says Woloshin. “I’m not sure how meaningful they actually were.”

Read Article – Quotes Elizabeth Talbot, associate professor of medicine, about how “very active investigations” into a causal link between Zika and birth defects are under way now. Talbot notes that the scientific community shouldn’t expect to arrive at definitive conclusions for three to six months.

Read article – Continued coverage of comments by Elizabeth Talbot, associate professor of medicine, about the spread of the Zika virus and how there are still a lot of unknowns about how the virus is transmitted. “We’re all steep on this dreadful learning curve,” says Talbot.