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.

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.

The New York Times – Points to research from the Dartmouth Atlas on end-of-life care.

HealthDay News via U.S. News & World Report– Continued coverage: Dartmouth researchers have found that early exposure to the ultraviolet radiation lamps used for indoor tanning is related to an increased risk of developing basal cell carcinoma (BCC) at a young age, U.S. News reports.

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.”