NHPR – As a guest on “The Exchange,” Professor of Psychiatry Alan Budney comments on the challenges of researching marijuana and the implications of its medical use.

Health Affairs – In this blog post for Health Affairs, Associate Professor of Medicine Tim Lahey discusses the PROMISE study (for Promoting Maternal and Infant Survival Everywhere), which is enrolling thousands of pregnant women with HIV in hopes of comparing mortality and other clinical outcomes between mothers who receive lifelong HIV therapy to mothers who receive shorter treatment durations if they have less advanced HIV disease. Lahey offers different experts’ views about the controversies surrounding the study.

OncologyNurseAdvisor – An ortho-oncology team successfully adapted a shoulder surgical aid, known as the Spider Limb Positioner, to conduct a left hip disarticulation on a patient with melanoma. Quote from Eric Henderson, MD, an assistant professor of orthopaedics.

News Medical – The article discusses research conducted by Robert Cramer, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology, that may shift the paradigm on immunological research and have new implications for the prevention and treatment of inflammatory diseases.

LiveScience – Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Ann Davis comments on some of the problems with the more widely used contraceptive methods.

MIT News – New scaling law helps estimate humans’ risk of blast-induced traumatic brain injury. Joe Rosen, a professor of surgery at Geisel, is quoted.

Indian Country – The article discusses various programs and opportunities offered by the Indian Health Service, and mentions the 2013 annual Health Service Trip held by Geisel for first-year medical students.

The Columbia Chronicle – The human body’s circadian rhythm, synced with the 24 hour day, regulates almost every physiological process. New research has illuminated the interaction between four genes that control this circadian clockwork within each of the body’s trillions of cells. Geisel professor of genetics Jay Dunlap is quoted.

Kaiser Health News – The article quotes Professor of Community and Family Medicine David Goodman on his views about end-of-life-care practices in New York, and cites Dartmouth Atlas research on care of chronically ill patients during the last two years of life.