LiveScience – A story on a Geisel study that found people who use tanning beds and other tanning devices may be at a higher risk of developing skin cancer early in life, LiveScience reports.

Associated Press via NPR – Kristine Karlson was interviewed by AP on the 54th annual Run to the Clouds race on Mount Washington, which was held Saturday. Karlson, an assistant professor of community, of family medicine, and of orthopaedic surgery, offered some insight into how the body is impacted by such a challenging run.

Slate – In an episode of The Gist, Dartmouth professor of pediatrics James D. Sargent discusses McDonald’s new happy meal branding, and how other countries limit marketing to young children.

LiveScience – Quotes James Bernat, the Louis and Ruth Frank Professor of Neuroscience, on the term “clinical death.” “You’re dead when a doctor says you’re dead,” says Bernat.

Keene Sentinel/Valley News – Researchers from Keene State University are teaming up with researchers from Geisel to test a new iPad app designed to help people with autism “see and match how emotions are conveyed in speech,” the Valley News reports. Associate Professor of Psychiatry Robert Roth, one of the Geisel researchers involved in the testing, is quoted in the story.

The Daily Beast – This story on Netflix series Orange Is the New Black’s portrayal of an inmate with Alzheimer’s quotes Ira Byock, who says “People who are severely debilitated or are in the midst of dying are usually no longer a threat to society, and there is not a compelling social advantage to keeping them in prison.”

NPR – A new Dartmouth study has found that doctors are more concerned with discussing a contraceptive method’s effectiveness at preventing pregnancy, but women are typically more concerned with a contraceptive method’s safety and its side effects. The study was led by Kyla Donnelly, a researcher at TDI, who was interviewed for the story.

The Wall Street Journal – In this piece for the Journal’s “The Experts” panel, H. Gilbert Welch says a big misconception about doctors is that they know more about a patient’s health than the patient does. “It’s simply not true,” he writes.

Valley News – A research team from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice has found physician leadership has played a central role in the first wave of Accountable Care Organizations.

Information Week – Healthcare is becoming more personal — and providers are using analytics, big data, and collaboration software to learn more about the care, support, and treatment their patients require and want.