Fierce Medical Devices – Quotes Lisa Schwartz, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical practice, about Apple’s ResearchKit platform, and expresses skepticism towards using the platform for research, as it relies on patient-reported information rather than facts to fuel clinical trials. “Just collecting lots of information about people—who may or may not have a particular disease, and may or may not represent the typical patient—could just add noise and distraction,” says Schwartz. “Bias times a million is still bias.”

MSN via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Continued coverage of a recent study conducted by researchers from Dartmouth, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Oregon which found that teenagers who try vaping or e-cigarettes are more likely to turn to traditional cigarettes for their nicotine fix and become addicted smokers.

Healthcare Finance News – Mentions that the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care has calculated that a third of Medicare spending goes to the care of people with chronic illnesses in their last two years of life.

Vox – Quotes Steven Woloshin, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about how drug ads in the U.S. typically come with a long list of side effects.

SF Gate via Associated Press – Cites a recent study conducted by researchers from Dartmouth, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Oregon which found that teenagers who try vaping or e-cigarettes are more likely to turn to traditional cigarettes for their nicotine fix and become addicted smokers.

Valley News – Jessica Hamblen, associate professor of psychiatry at Geisel and acting deputy executive director and deputy for education for the Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD in White River Junction, Vt., has been selected to receive the David M. Worthen Award for Career Achievement in Educational Excellence. It is the highest award given by the Veterans Health Administration to recognize outstanding achievements of national significance to education in the health professions.

New Hampshire Union Leader – Quotes Seddon Savage, and director of the Dartmouth Center on Addiction, Recovery and Education, in an article on New Hampshire’s new initiatives to make the overdose-reversal drug Narcan, also known as naloxone, more widely available to addicts, their families and friends. The new initiative entails distributing 4,500 naloxone kits to law enforcement agencies, emergency rooms, community health centers and community groups.

Vox – A feature story on the launch of the website Inforumulary by Lisa Schwartz and Steven Woloshin, both professors of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, which provides an easy resource for evidence-based facts about popular medicines.

Consumer Reports – Cites research conducted by Steven Woloshin and Lisa Schwartz, both professors of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, which analyzed prescription drug benefits and harms for Consumer Reports.

Union Leader – Quotes Rachel Thompson, an assistant professor at Geisel’s Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, who is currently leading research on how best to improve decision-making about contraceptive methods and also to examine the downstream effects on women’s contraceptive satisfaction and their experience of unintended pregnancy. Thompson and her team are working to help women make informed choices about contraception through a project called, “Right For Me: Birth control decisions made easier.”