Read article – Daniel Lucey ’77, MED ’82, a clinical professor of medicine, is quoted in an article about the negative consequences of President Trump’s order that the U.S. will exit the World Health Organization. Lucey states that Trump’s W.H.O. exit could imperil “smallpox virus storage, experiments, reporting and inspections.”
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Breaking Down the FDA Labeling Update of Xeloda and 5-FU in Cancer Care – Cure
Read article – Features an interview with Gabriel A. Brooks, an associate professor of medicine, about updated product labeling for Xeloda and fluorouracil in cancer care.
Black Lives Matter NH Maternal Health Conference Brings Disparities Into Focus – New Hampshire Public Radio
Read article – Daisy Goodman, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology and community and family medicine, is featured in an article about improving maternal health in New Hampshire and addressing racial disparities in pregnancy related deaths across the U.S. “From the perspective of racial disparity, the access to care and who gets prescribed medications and who has a follow-up visit heavily shows that Black women get about half as much care for postpartum depression as white women,” Goodman said. “Which is terrible because mental health conditions are now a leading cause of maternal mortality in this country.”
Column: The Model Patients and Doctors of Model Land – Valley News
Read article – Diane Roston, a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry, writes an opinion piece about the limitations of modeling in health care. “Some scientific models reduce a problem to its simplest form, even if the model isn’t compatible with reality, in order to allow for workable calculation,” Roston writes.
Column: Could the Upper Valley Respond Again as It Did in Haiti? – Valley News
Read article – Jim Geiling, a professor of medicine, writes an opinion piece about how Dartmouth, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, and the surrounding Upper Valley community mobilized in the aftermath of Haiti’s earthquake 15 years ago. “The Haiti earthquake response stands as a powerful reminder of what’s possible when people come together,” Geiling writes.
Mobility Issues? Here Are the Easiest Cars to Get in and Out of – AARP
Read article – Stuart Lewis, an associate professor of medicine, is quoted in an article about the best cars for people with limited mobility. “The less you have to move out of your usual plan of movement, the less you have to bend down or step up, the easier it’s going to be (to enter/exit a vehicle), because both of those things are or can become challenges,” Lewis said.
The Opioid Crisis Is a Crime. So Addiction Treatment Should Be Free. – The Boston Globe
Read article – Luke Archibald, an assistant professor of psychiatry, is quoted in an article about the opioid crisis. Archibald noted that motivation to change exists on a spectrum for people who need addiction treatment, and various factors can make a person more or less likely to seek treatment at any given time.
Scientists Discover Compound to Combat Malaria’s Resurgence in Warming Climates – Phys.org
Read article – Dr. Oluwatoyin Asojo, adjunct professor of biochemistry and cell biology is featured in this article about researchers who are using sophisticated synchrotron techniques in the quest for new treatments for malaria in warming climates.
National Inventors Hall of Fame Announces Vaccine and Surfboard Innovators Among 2025 Class – PR Newswire
Read article – Former Geisel faculty member Jason McLellan is one of seventeen innovation pioneers whose inventions range from cancer treatments to satellite-based imaging will be honored in the 2025 class of National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees.
Hot Dogs, Sausage, and . . . Dementia? Harvard and MIT Research Links Ultra-Processed Meat With New Health Concerns – The Boston Globe
Read article – Susan Roberts, the senior associate dean of foundational research at the Geisel School of Medicine, is quoted in an article about a new MIT study that finds that long-term consumption of processed red meat is linked to an elevated risk of dementia.