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Dartmouth Institute researchers and physicians  Steven Woloshin and Lisa Schwartz. (photo by Dartmouth-Hitchcock)

Giving Context to Cancer Risk

In an effort to give the public a more broad-based view of cancer risk, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) collaborated with Dartmouth Institute researchers and physicians Lisa Schwartz and Steven Woloshin to create the “Know Your Chances” website.

No Matter the Language, Disease Risk Is Hard to Communicate

Science News – This article quotes Lisa Schwartz and Steve Woloshin, both professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at Geisel, on effective disease risk communication and how it’s not just about communicating the numbers of infected and quarantined, but how it’s also about admitting when you don’t have all the answers.

Sell a disease to sell a drug

Washington Post – An opinion piece by Steven Woloshin and Lisa Schwartz, both professors of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at Geisel, on how the Food and Drug Administration is pushing back against the over-prescribing of testosterone.