Contemporary Pediatrics – This article written by Andrew Schuman, clinical assistant professor in pediatrics, discusses the differences between telehealth and telemedicine, the origins of telehealth, and telehealth’s capabilities for providing remote health care by utilizing telecommunication technologies.
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The Alzheimer’s Family
Valley News – An interview with Robert Santulli, honorary associate professor of psychiatry, about a book he recently co-authored titled The Emotional Journey of the Alzheimer’s Family.
Dartmouth Physician Wins Conquer Cancer Foundation Award
Valley News – Dr. Florian Schroeck, chief of urology at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in White River Junction and a member of Norris Cotton Cancer Center’s Cancer Control Research Program, has received the Conquer Cancer Foundation Career Development Award from the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
15 Facts on Spinal Fusion for Low Back Pain
U.S. News & World Report – References data provided by the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI), which reported that spinal fusion surgeries of Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and over increased 67 percent between 2001 and 2011.
D-H president honored as a ‘great American’
New Hampshire Business Review – Dr. James Weinstein, president and CEO of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system and professor at the Geisel School of Medicine, was among 90 recipients of the 2015 Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations.
Could Better Tests Have Predicted the Rare Circumstances of the Germanwings Crash? Probably Not
The Conversation – In this opinion piece, Norman Paradis, professor of medicine at Geisel, discusses the Germanwings crash and the unlikelihood of discovering pilots at risk and taking steps to prevent similar events from ever occurring again.
Obese Teenagers More Vulnerable to Food-Related Television Commercials
Gazette Review – A new study coming out of Dartmouth is showing that television food commercials are stimulating the brains of overweight teenagers more than any other group of people.
Study: Social Security Is in Worse Shape Than We Thought
Fox Business – Continued coverage on a Harvard-Dartmouth study coauthored by Samir Soneji, assistant professor of Geisel’s Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, which suggests that the Social Security Administration’s predictions have been overly optimistic about the future of the program.
‘Slow Medicine’ Offers Alternative to Fast World
Healthline – This article discusses a book by Dennis McCullough, associate professor of community and family medicine, titled My Mother, Your Mother on the topic of caring for aging loved ones.
You May Not Have to Drink That Nasty Liquid Before Your Colonoscopy
The Washington Post – This story quotes L. Campbell Levy, assistant professor of medicine, about the common unfavorable pre-colonoscopy procedures, and reports that Levy and a team of Geisel researchers have developed an alternative preparation method, consisting of a diet-laxative combination, presented this week at the Digestive Disease Week conference.