Valley News – A feature on the late Peter Rodis, and his contributions to Geisel and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. The article reports that Rodis’s goal was to invigorate the two institutions’ practice of what he and other advocates called “compassionate care,” and quotes colleagues and family members on his life, character, and work.
In the News
Why Is Google Making Synthetic Arms?
The Wall Street Cheat Sheet – Quotes Jack Hoopes, professor of surgery and medicine, on the current cancer research taking place at Dartmouth.
Medical Costs Rise as Retirees Winter in Florida
The New York Times – Quotes Elliot Fisher, director of Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and mentions research by the Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare, which showed that the number of tests and imaging studies received by Florida Medicare patients in the last two years of life, with the exception of the panhandle, were far above the national average.
We Should Think Twice About ‘Death with Dignity’
Los Angeles Times – In this op-ed, Ira Byock, emeritus professor of medicine, discusses the End of Life Option Act (SB 128) introduced in California on January 21, and unpacks the euphemisms for assisted suicide employed by supporters of the bill.
Debate Heightens Over Measuring Healthcare Quality
The Wall Street Journal – Quotes Scott Wallace, visiting professor of community and family medicine, on measurement fatigue in hospitals due to narrow process-oriented metrics. Wallace states that the most important metric is a patient’s improvement.
Are Super Bowl Beer Ads a Bad Idea?
CNN – An article by James Sargent, professor of pediatrics, which argues that parents should approach ads for alcoholic beverages with great caution in light of a new study led by Sargent and his colleagues, which showed that youths’ exposure to alcohol advertisements influenced their drinking behaviors.
Why Physician Self-Referrals Have to Stop Now
Forbes – Highlights a quote from a 2012 New York Times column by H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, on standard medical practices that late prove to be more harmful than good. “The truth is that for a large part of medical practice, we don’t know what works. But we pay for it anyway,” Gilbert writes.
Science Expert Brian Clegg on Five Reasons Why New Year, New You Is Old Nonsense
The Huffington Post – Points to research by Heinz Valtin, emeritus professor of physiology and neurobiology, which looked at sources of daily hydration.
Sonoma Gives: A Belief That Everyone Deserves Care
The Press Democrat – It’s no surprise that Dr. Nurit Licht, a graduate of Dartmouth’s medical school and the energetic chief medical officer of Petaluma Health Center, is an early riser. Most mornings she’s up at 5:30, answering emails and finalizing plans for the day ahead.
Alcohol Ads on TV Tied to Youth Drinking Risk
Reuters – Quotes James Sargent, professor of pediatrics and senior author of a recent study, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, which found that alcohol advertisements have led to a rise in underage drinking and binge drinking.