The New York Times – Quotes Lisa Schwartz, a professor of medicine and of community and family medicine at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, who says “We’re giving people hormones that we don’t know they need for a disease that we don’t know they have, and we don’t know if it’ll help them or harm them.” The Times notes that Schwartz co-authored a 2013 study on the marketing of low testosterone.
In the News
Spectrum, Dartmouth team up on teen drug abuse program
Burlington Free Press – An extensive feature on a youth counseling and research program organized by the Geisel School of Medicine and Burlington’s Spectrum Youth and Family Services which will “supplement out-patient counseling with a system of rewards and consequences to encourage an estimated 220 Burlington-area youths over five years to abstain from substance use,” according to the Burlington Free Press. The program is funded by a $2.5 million research grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
New Treatment Program for Teens Struggling with Substance Abuse
WCAX – An extensive story on a youth counseling and research program organized by the Geisel School of Medicine and Burlington’s Spectrum Youth and Family Services which will offer out-patient counseling to Burlington-area teens and their parents struggling with substance abuse.
Hot Meal and a Checkup
Valley News – An extensive story on health clinic services offered to the Claremont Soup Kitchen by students from the Geisel School of Medicine.
Patients Making Medical Decisions May Not Produce Savings
United Press International – A story on a Dartmouth study that found, after a systematic review of 1,508 citations, that health care savings are not as low as expected when patients are more involved in their own medical care.
Study Highlights Tonsillectomy Numbers and Risks
USA Today – Quotes David Goodman—a professor of pediatrics and of health policy, director of the Center for Health Policy Research, and co-principal investigator for Dartmouth Atlas—on variations in tonsillectomy procedures, or tonsil removal surgeries.
Prescription Painkillers: 5 Surprising Facts
Consumer Reports– Quotes Seddon Savage, Geisel ’80, associate professor of anesthesiology at Geisel and director of the Dartmouth Center on Addiction Recovery and Education.
NH Study: Cancer Victories Masked by Other Successes
New Hampshire Union Leader – An extensive story on a study from Samir Soneji, an assistant professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and the Norris Cotton Cancer Center that details the progress made in the battle on cancer.
Dartmouth Gift to Establish Neurology Professorship
New Hampshire Union Leader – The Geisel School of Medicine will add a neurology professorship in the name of Murray Bornstein, Class of 1939, a former adjunct professor at Geisel and multiple sclerosis researcher, for his gift to the school.
Hospice Care: Limited End-of-Life Care Fails to Take into Account Such Care may Prolong Life
New Hampshire Union Leader – Ira Byock—professor of medicine and of community and family medicine and director of the Palliative Care Program at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center—is quoted extensively on end-of-life care and the downsides to hospice.