International Business Times – A Geisel study has found that a single-celled parasite called Toxoplasma gondii (T gondii), which is found inside cats’ intestines, could be a new cure for cancer, International Business Times reports.
In the News
How Family Game Night Makes Kids Into Better Students
The Atlantic – The Atlantic spotlights the research projects of Bill Hudenko, child psychologist and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Geisel, who uses board games to diagnose and strengthen cognitive and executive function skills among children.
New Hampshire Ranks No. 3 in Prescriptions for Certain Types of Painkillers, CDC Finds
Concord Monitor – Quotes Seddon Savage on a new report that ranks New Hampshire one of the states with the highest prescription drug abuse of certain types of opioid painkillers. Savage, Geisel ’80, is an associate professor of anesthesiology at Geisel and director of the Dartmouth Center on Addiction Recovery and Education.
Rehabilitation Therapy Can Cut Down Depression Risk Among People With Age-Related Vision Loss
MedIndia – Quotes Associate Professor of Psychiatry Mark Hegel who says “Occupational therapy helps people regain valued activities in their daily lives, and behavior activation capitalizes on this through formal goal setting and reinforcement of progress.”
‘Bleak Picture’ for Mentally Ill: 80% are Jobless
USA Today – Quotes Robert Drake—professor of psychiatry, of community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice—who says supported employment programs for the mentally ill are rare due to insufficient funding.
Volunteer Recap: A Bumpy (And Itchy) Ride Through Tanzania
NPR – Nick Stadlberger, Geisel ’14, was interviewed for NPR’s Goats and Soda to discuss his four-week trip to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania as part of Geisel’s global health program.
How to Read Education Data Without Jumping to Conclusions
The Atlantic – In this opinion piece, Tim Lahey, an associate professor of medicine at Geisel, and Jessica Lahey look at the growing number of studies on education and how quickly they circulate.
Low Testosterone: Is Low T a Real Problem or Ad-Driven Fad?
AARP – Quotes Steven Woloshin, professor of medicine and of community and family medicine and co-director of TDI’s Medicine in the Media Program, who says “low T,” or low testosterone, is “the mother of all disease mongering.”
What the Reduction in Tonsillectomies Teaches Us About Medicine
The New York Times – Today you’d be hard pressed to find many normal children who have had their tonsils removed. That’s not because we cured tonsillitis in some way. It’s because, in large part, Jack Wennberg brought data to the fight.
3-D Mammogram Scans May Find More Breast Cancer
Associated Press via NPR – Quotes H. Gilbert Welch on a new study that suggests 3-D mammograms may be better at detecting cancer than regular scans.