News at Dartmouth Medical School via MedWorm.com MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'News at Dartmouth Medical School' source. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:52:42 +0100 US immunologists to honor DMS' Green http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5636356&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2012%2F01%2F27_green.shtml The American Association of Immunologists (AAI) will honor Dartmouth Medical School's chair of microbiology and immunology for his work on public policy issues and his advocacy of research funding on behalf of fellow immunologists and other scientists. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5636356 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:00:56 +0100 5636356 Serving an 'Overlooked' Population http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5636357&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2012%2F01%2F25_students.shtml Like many of the migrant workers who support Vermont's dairy industry, 41-year-old Rosalia Garcia-Moreno spends most of her time working: feeding calves, milking heifers and caring for her family on Paul and Mary Knox's 800-cow farm on Route 5 in Bradford. She's the only woman among a group of 10 Mexican workers at Knoxland Farm, and she juggles her full-time job with caring for her three children. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5636357 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:57:03 +0100 5636357 Dartmouth Medical School psychiatrist co-authors report on novel treatment for depression, bipolar disorder http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5570191&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2012%2F01%2F03_holtzheimer.shtml Dartmouth Medical School psychiatrist Paul E. Holtzheimer, MD, is the lead author of a new study showing how deep brain stimulation (DBS) in a particular region of the mind can safely and effectively treat depression in patients with either unipolar major depressive disorder (MDD) or bipolar II disorder (BP). (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5570191 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:33:58 +0100 5570191 Becker's ASC Review names Siegel one of top 125 gastroenterologists in US http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5534814&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F12%2F22_sigel.shtml Becker's ASC Review recently listed Dartmouth-Hitchcock gastroenterologist Corey Siegel, MD, among the 125 leading practitioners and researchers in his field. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5534814 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:33:41 +0100 5534814 Dartmouth-Hitchcock to participate as Medicare Pioneer Accountable Care Organization http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5534815&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F12%2F19_cms.shtml Dartmouth-Hitchcock has been selected to participate in the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model, a transformative new initiative sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center and announced Monday by Acting Administrator of CMS Marilyn Tavenner. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5534815 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:31:39 +0100 5534815 Dartmouth-Hitchcock among seven leading health systems contracted to improve hospital patient safety nationally http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5534816&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F12%2F16_dhmc.shtml Dartmouth-Hitchcock is among a group of seven health systems contracted to develop and share a national learning experience, which will be accessible to all interested U.S. hospitals. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services awarded the $2.7 million contract as part of its Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Networks initiative. The aim is to make healthcare safer and less costly by targeting and reducing preventable injuries and complications to patients. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5534816 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:32:57 +0100 5534816 DMS, D-H earn 'accreditation with commendation' for Continuing Medical Education program http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5502254&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F12%2F12_cme.shtml The continuing education program at Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H) and Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) has received accreditation with commendation for being a "change agent" in advancing the continued learning of physicians and health professionals. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5502254 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:32:32 +0100 5502254 Three Dartmouth Medical School Professors Named Fellows by American Association for the Advancement of Science http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5493188&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F12%2F08_aaas.shtml Three Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) scholars have been selected as fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society and the publisher of the journal Science. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5493188 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:58:25 +0100 5493188 Modlin named interim director of Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5455053&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F11%2F28_modlin.shtml John F. Modlin, M.D., chair of pediatrics at Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), will serve as interim director of the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth (CHaD). (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5455053 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:22:18 +0100 5455053 Dartmouth researchers identify new factor in breast cancer http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5438249&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F11%2F22_lupien.shtml Researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center have discovered a new "pioneer" factor, called PBX1, that may help unlock the keys to understanding how breast cancer tumors develop resistance to current therapies. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5438249 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:47:43 +0100 5438249 DMS graduate and former faculty member join forces on award-winning children's book http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5398060&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F11%2F08_kairys.shtml More than a decade after they left Dartmouth Medical School (DMS), alumnus Daniel Kairys, MD, and former faculty member Jo Ann Kairys, MPH, have added an award-winning children's book to their list of achievements in medicine and science. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5398060 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:06:08 +0100 5398060 Great Issues Symposium to focus on health of women, girls worldwide http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5377682&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F11%2F04_benjamin.shtml The surgeon general of the United States, the chief medical officer of the federal Indian Health Service, the president of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), and an Olympic- and World Cup-champion soccer player will join forces with a wide range of clinicians and researchers to discuss strategies for improving the well-being of women and girls worldwide during Dartmouth-Hitchcock's eighth annual Great Issues in Medicine and Global Health symposium, "Investing in Women and Girls." (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5377682 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:00:34 +0100 5377682 Dr. James Weinstein named Chief Executive Officer of Dartmouth-Hitchcock http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5377683&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F11%2F01_weinstein.shtml The combined Boards of Trustees of Dartmouth-Hitchcock today announced the appointment of Dr. James Weinstein as Chief Executive Officer of Dartmouth-Hitchcock. This new position consolidates the leadership of Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (MHMH) and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic. Dr. Weinstein will also assume the presidency of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5377683 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:00:43 +0100 5377683 Vt. Medical Society elects Dartmouth surgeon Walsh as VP http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5377684&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms2.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F11%2F01_walsh.shtml The Vermont Medical Society elected Dartmouth vascular surgeon Daniel B. Walsh, MD, as its new vice president on October 29, during its 198th annual meeting at Topnotch Resort. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5377684 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:41:57 +0100 5377684 Study flags alcohol-brand references in youth music http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5356552&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F10%2F27_sargnet.shtml Along with celebrations of casual sex and violence, fans of some forms of popular music are hearing references to specific brands of hard liquor through their speakers and earphones, according to the latest report from Dartmouth pediatrician James D. Sargent, MD, into mass-media influences on youth buying habits and risky behavior. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5356552 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:01:40 +0100 5356552 Weinstein Elected to Institute of Medicine http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5332301&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms2.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F10%2F17_weinstein.shtml Dr. James N. Weinstein, President of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H) Clinic and Director of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies of Sciences. Membership in the IOM is considered the highest honor in the fields of health and medicine. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5332301 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:14:32 +0100 5332301 DMS researchers will lead group developing practical tool to detect radiation in disaster survivors http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5270554&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F09%2F30_swartz.shtml With a fresh infusion of federal support, researchers at Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) will join General Electric, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Medical School of Wisconsin, Japan's Hokkaido University, and Poland's Jagiellonian University in developing readily-deployable devices to measure levels of radiation in survivors of radiological and nuclear catastrophes, including terror attacks. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5270554 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:55:20 +0100 5270554 Simbex extends partnership with DMS, Thayer School on concussion research http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5234957&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F09%2F19_simbex.shtml With a two-year, $1.3-million grant, researchers from Dartmouth Medical School (DMS), Dartmouth College's Thayer School of Engineering and the Lebanon-based company Simbex will explore novel approaches to understanding the causes of and clinical outcomes following sports-related concussions. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5234957 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:13:20 +0100 5234957 Schumann lecturer: Can religious, spiritual beliefs affect medical state? http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5220161&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F09%2F12_koenig While most physicians believe they should take a patient's religious and spiritual needs into account in deciding health care issues, nine out of 10 doctors never talk to their patients about such matters. Many physicians either don't feel competent to carry on that kind of conversation or deem it inappropriate. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5220161 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:05:21 +0100 5220161 New DMS researcher looks seriously at laughter http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5205293&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F09%2F09_hudenko.shtml Anyone hearing more laughter than usual around Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) in the coming months need not worry: Serious research is going on. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5205293 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:48:17 +0100 5205293 D-H, DMS join Colby-Sawyer in collaborative addressing national, regional issues of nurse workforce http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5205294&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F09%2F07_pin.shtml Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) and Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) will join the Department of Nursing at Colby-Sawyer College (CSC) in collaborating with one of 11 foundations nationwide to receive funding from Partners Investing in Nursing's Future (PIN). The program is a multi-year, multi-million-dollar national investment in preparing America's nursing workforce for serving an older and more diverse population through interdisciplinary education and coordination to improve outcomes. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5205294 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:02:45 +0100 5205294 Dartmouth emergency expert Gougelet leads relief effort for Vermont neighbors http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5205295&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F09%2F06_gougelet.shtml After years of organizing and dispatching - and sometimes leading - doctors and nurses to disaster areas around the United States and the world, Dartmouth emergency-medicine expert Rob Gougelet, MD, is riding herd on a relief effort right next door. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5205295 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:47:58 +0100 5205295 DMS lands $11m grant for regional biomedical research center http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5157138&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F08%2F22_moore.shtml Under an $11-million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) will lead a network of northern New England institutions in recruiting, training, and supporting young quantitative biologists to teach and conduct research into the ways that genes and the environment work together to trigger and prevent disease. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5157138 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:21:38 +0100 5157138 Dartmouth Community Medical School asks: 'Is Modern Society Killing Us?' http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5157139&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F08%2F18_dcms.shtml Stress. Substance abuse and addiction. Obesity and diabetes. Cancer. Sleep disorders and deprivation. Antibiotic-resistant superbugs. The modern world is full of health issues and risks. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5157139 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:04:49 +0100 5157139 DMS students travel Down East to study molecular mechanisms of human disease http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130387&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F08%2F11_stanton.shtml Under the guidance of Dartmouth microbiologist Bruce Stanton, PhD, four students from Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) spent the first week of August researching triggers of human disease at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL). (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130387 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:06:12 +0100 5130387 Dmitrovsky returns to chair Pharmacology/Toxicology at DMS http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5118188&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F08%2F04_dmitrovsky.shtml Veteran cancer researcher Ethan Dmitrovsky, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC). His appointment follows the three-year term of Joyce A. DeLeo, PhD, who moved to Emmanuel College to serve as vice president for academic affairs on August 1. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5118188 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:41:29 +0100 5118188 DMS researchers help in hunt for clues to SIDS, other neurological disorders http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5077024&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F07%2F29_nattie.shtml With key contributions from two Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) researchers, a multi-institutional team is reporting a major advance in the search for tools to solve a broad array of neurological disorders, including Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5077024 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:43:37 +0100 5077024 Stommel to present research at workshop on triggers to neurological disorders http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5068989&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F07%2F26_stommel.shtml Dartmouth neurologist Elijah Stommel, MD, PhD, will co-lead a workshop at Bowdoin College next week on mounting evidence that environmental factors play a major role in triggering neurodegenerative disorders like Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Alzheimer's disease. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5068989 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:50:25 +0100 5068989 AHA cites Dartmouth-Hitchcock for palliative, end-of-life care http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5018777&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F07%2F12_byock.shtml The American Hospital Association (AHA) will confer a Citation of Honor on the palliative-medicine program at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), during the Circle of Life Award ceremonies at the AHA's Leadership Summit in San Diego in mid-July. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5018777 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:12:22 +0100 5018777 Stone, Goodney earn grants from peers in vascular surgery http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5018778&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F07%2F11_goodney_stone.shtml Dartmouth vascular surgeons Philip P. Goodney, MD, and David Stone, MD, received grants toward their research projects during the Vascular Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) in Chicago in mid-June. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5018778 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:19:29 +0100 5018778 Dartmouth-led study: Branding steers youth alcohol choices http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4997315&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F07%2F04_tanski.shtml American adolescents are hitting the hard stuff - and they're naming alcohol brand names, according to a new report from Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4997315 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 21:18:43 +0100 4997315 Americans smoking less, living longer; Implications for possible net loss to Social Security http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4992185&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F07%2F01_soneji.shtml Americans are living longer than currently projected by the U.S. Census and Social Security Administration because of the steady decline in smoking, according to a new study co-authored by Dartmouth researcher Samir Soneji, PhD. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4992185 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:55:51 +0100 4992185 Byock, Fisher featured in PBS film on end-of-life care, planning http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4992186&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F06%2F30_byock_fisher.shtml Dartmouth physician-researchers Ira Byock, MD, and Elliott Fisher, MD, MPH, are among the featured experts in a new documentary about end-of-life issues that public-television stations are broadcasting around the United States. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4992186 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:48:58 +0100 4992186 Dartmouth Medical School's Moseley named Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4944601&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F06%2F17_moseley.shtml The Pew Charitable Trusts has named Dartmouth biochemist James B. Moseley, PhD, one of its 22 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences for 2011, recognizing him as one of the United States' most promising scientists. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4944601 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:07:30 +0100 4944601 High Value Healthcare Collaborative Expands http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4944602&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F06%2F17_hvhc.shtml In December of 2010, Mayo Clinic, Denver Health, Intermountain Healthcare, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Cleveland Clinic, and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI) announced the formation of the High Value Healthcare Collaborative (HVHC) to improve health care, lower costs, and move best practices out to the national provider community. On June 1, they announced that eight major health systems will join the Collaborative. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4944602 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:06:37 +0100 4944602 Dartmouth Medical School celebrates 166 graduates http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4933290&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F06%2F14_class_day.shtml Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) bade farewell to 166 students - among them 68 newly-minted doctors - in Class Day ceremonies on June 11. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4933290 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:01:16 +0100 4933290 Dartmouth Medical School dean envisions "20x20" future http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4920687&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F06%2F09_souba.shtml Eight months to the day into his tenure as dean of Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) and Dartmouth College's vice president for health affairs, Wiley "Chip" Souba, MD, unveiled plans to lift DMS into the top 20 among medical schools nationwide by the end of the decade. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4920687 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:03:51 +0100 4920687 9 Schweitzer Fellows from DMS http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4812621&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F05%2F11_fellows.shtml Nine students from Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) will lead health-related service projects for underserved individuals and communities during 2011-2012, under the New Hampshire-Vermont Schweitzer Fellows Program. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4812621 Wed, 11 May 2011 18:56:15 +0100 4812621 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation funds lung-disease research at Dartmouth http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4788735&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F05%2F05_stanton.shtml Under a four-year grant of almost $1.4 million from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, veteran researcher Bruce A. Stanton, Ph.D., will lead a team of Dartmouth investigators in developing new approaches to treatment of patients with the genetic disease that triggers chronic and life-threatening infection of the lungs. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4788735 Thu, 05 May 2011 21:45:32 +0100 4788735 DMS researchers O'Toole, Taylor elected to microbiology academy http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4788736&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F05%2F05_otoole_taylor.shtml Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) researchers George A. O'Toole, PhD, and Ronald K. Taylor, PhD, have been elected as Fellows in the American Academy of Microbiology. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4788736 Thu, 05 May 2011 21:44:29 +0100 4788736 DMS wins Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for groundbreaking research in global health, development http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4767717&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F04%2F29_wright.shtml Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) announced today that it is a winner of a $100,000 grant from Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Principal investigator Peter F. Wright, MD, a DMS professor of pediatrics and an international expert in infectious diseases, will pursue an innovative global health and development research project, titled "Mucosal Immunity in Polio." (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4767717 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:54:13 +0100 4767717 Hitchcock Foundation funds lung-disease project http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4758394&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F04%2F27_madden.shtml With support from the Hitchcock Foundation's inaugural Program Project Grant (HF-PPG), biochemist Dean R. Madden, PhD, will lead a diverse team of Dartmouth researchers in the search for clues to how bacterial and fungal infections conspire to clog the breathing systems of patients with maladies such as cystic fibrosis. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4758394 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:26:10 +0100 4758394 $10,000 Melanoma Research Grant Awarded to Katelyn Byrne, Dartmouth Graduate Student and Research Assistant http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4683692&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F04%2F06_byrne.shtml The Joanna M. Nicolay Melanoma Foundation (JMNMF) has presented Katelyn T. Byrne, a PhD candidate at Dartmouth Medical School, with one of seven nationally competitive Research Scholar Awards (RSA) that support exceptional graduate students and provide recognition to their lab directors/PIs, schools and cancer research institutions. The $10,000 melanoma research scholarships significantly enhance the potential for advancements in the melanoma cancer field to benefit the broad academic, scientific, clinical, and patient communities. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4683692 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:34:44 +0100 4683692 Dartmouth Medical School participates in quality and safety initiative http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4676350&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F04%2F04_initiative.shtml Dartmouth Medical School is participating in a unique initiative focusing on Quality and Patient Safety, a new multi-year effort announced recently by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4676350 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:40:54 +0100 4676350 Dartmouth-Hitchcock Physicians Cited As Top Doctors in New Hampshire http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4621896&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F03%2F21_top_docs.shtml Forty-nine Dartmouth-Hitchcock physicians, in 36 different specialties, were recently named to New Hampshire Magazine's list of the leading physicians in New Hampshire, in the magazine's April edition, on newsstands now (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4621896 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:20:00 +0100 4621896 Matches Made: 67 DMS Students Learn Residency Destinations http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4610604&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F03%2F18_match.shtml At Dartmouth Medical School's March 17 celebration of Match Day - where doctors-in-waiting learn of their residency assignments - 67 DMS students learned where they'll begin residency training after graduation. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4610604 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:48:23 +0100 4610604 James Bernat, MD, Appointed to Frank Chair at Dartmouth Medical School http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4605582&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F03%2F17_bernat.shtml Dartmouth Medical School has named James L. Bernat, M.D., an internationally recognized medical ethicist and professor of neurology at the medical school, as the inaugural holder of the Louis and Ruth Frank Professorship in Neuroscience. Dr. Bernat's appointment became effective February 5, 2011. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4605582 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:04:59 +0100 4605582 DHMC Bariatric Program Earns Top Accreditation Status http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4600200&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F03%2F16_bariatric.shtml The Bariatric Surgery Program at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) has earned Level-1 accreditation from the American College of Surgeons Bariatric Surgery Center Network Accreditation Program (ACS BSCN). (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4600200 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:38:30 +0100 4600200 Latest findings of Dartmouth HIV/AIDS study could turn treatment "on its head" http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4544662&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F03%2F03_aids.shtml A clinical study of anti-HIV/AIDS medicines in the developing world is on the verge of turning "the whole treatment world on its head," according to Dartmouth pediatrician Paul Palumbo. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4544662 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:23:40 +0100 4544662 14th annual Dartmouth Community Medical School asks: "Is Modern Society Killing Us?" http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4540301&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F03%2F02_dcms.shtml Stress. Substance abuse and addiction. Obesity and diabetes. Cancer. Sleep disorders and deprivation. Antibiotic-resistant superbugs. The modern world is full of health issues and risks. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4540301 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:10:57 +0100 4540301 UMaine honors DMS' Stanton for arsenic research, activism http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4511959&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F02%2F23_stanton.shtml Physiologist Bruce Stanton, Ph.D., the Andrew C. Vail Memorial Professor at Dartmouth Medical School (DMS), spoke on the worldwide problem of arsenic contamination of drinking water during the Distinguished Honors Graduate Lecture at the University of Maine on February 23. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4511959 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:15:04 +0100 4511959 Dartmouth-Hitchcock medical personnel return to Haiti http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4494705&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F02%2F18_rosen.shtml The Dartmouth Haiti Response effort is sending another medical team to the Caribbean-island country that a major earthquake ravaged in January of 2010. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4494705 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:21:15 +0100 4494705 Dartmouth Medical School faculty named Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4337605&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2011%2F01%2F12_aaas.shtml The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elevated four Dartmouth professors to the rank of Fellow, including three members of the faculty of Dartmouth Medical School. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4337605 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:36:06 +0100 4337605 TDI Study: Many Children Lack Access To Primary Care Physicians http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4277650&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F12%2F21_shipman.shtml Almost 1 million children in the U.S. live in areas (often rural) where there is no local primary care physician. Meanwhile, many urban areas have abundant primary care physicians - an average of one physician for every 140 children in some locations. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4277650 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:34:54 +0100 4277650 Leading Health Care Organizations Announce Collaborative Effort to Improve Care, Lower Costs http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265074&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F12%2F15_healthcare.shtml Six of the nation's leading health care systems today announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration to improve health care quality while reducing costs. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265074 Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:35:07 +0100 4265074 Dartmouth Medical School researcher wins international prize for paper on prion research http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4224787&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F12%2F01_deleault.shtml To celebrate its fifth anniversary and promote work being done in prion and protein misfolding research, the Alberta Prion Research Institute is recognizing the work young researchers are accomplishing on the international scene. On November 24, Dartmouth Medical School research associate Nathan Deleault was awarded with the Alberta Prion Research Institute's International Young Researcher Prize. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4224787 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:57:36 +0100 4224787 Rural Moms Perceive Specific Barriers to Physical Activity, Dartmouth Study Finds http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4175423&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F11%2F16_adachi.shtml A new study from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center found that rural mothers perceive specific internal barriers to being adequately physically active. Physical activity is a key ingredient in maintaining a healthy lifestyle and preventing excessive weight gain, factors that can significantly reduce cancer risk. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4175423 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:54:56 +0100 4175423 Nearly One Third of Medicare Patients with Advanced Cancer Die in Hospitals and ICUs; About Half Get Hospice Care http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4171687&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F11%2F16_cancer.shtml Whether Medicare patients with advanced cancer will die while receiving hospice care or in the hospital varies markedly depending on where they live and receive care, according to the Dartmouth Atlas Project's first-ever report on cancer care at the end of life. The researchers found no consistent pattern of care or evidence that treatment patterns follow patient preferences, even among the nation's leading academic medical centers. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4171687 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:25:33 +0100 4171687 Dartmouth-Hitchcock pediatrician David C. Goodman MD named to Council on Graduate Medical Education http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4162741&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F11%2F12_goodman.shtml David C. Goodman, MD, a specialist in pediatric allergy, has been appointed to the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME). (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4162741 Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:18:44 +0100 4162741 Dartmouth researcher honored with 2010 NIEHS Karen Wetterhahn Award http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4162742&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F11%2F12_kozul.shtml Dartmouth researcher Courtney Kozul-Horvath, PhD is the recipient of the 2010 Karen Wetterhahn Award presented Nov. 12, 2010, at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Superfund Research Program Annual Meeting in Portland, OR. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4162742 Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:17:36 +0100 4162742 Ethan Dmitrovsky, MD, is new chair of Scientific Counselors Board for NCI http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4162743&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F11%2F12_dmitrovsky.shtml Ethan Dmitrovsky, MD, a professor at Dartmouth Medical School and a leader at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center, is the new chair of the influential National Cancer Institute (NCI) Board of Scientific Counselors for Clinical Sciences and Epidemiology. Dr. Dmitrovsky will guide the 22-member Board of physicians and scientists from cancer centers and universities around the country as it advises the director of the NCI and its scientific leadership on the progress and future direction of cancer-related research programs. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4162743 Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:17:31 +0100 4162743 Dartmouth-Hitchcock-led study recommends new strategy for treatment of HIV-infected children http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4073605&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F10%2F14_palumbo.shtml A study led by Dartmouth-Hitchcock pediatrician Paul Palumbo, M.D., supports a new strategy for treating HIV-infected children in resource-limited settings. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4073605 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:26:18 +0100 4073605 To Improve Health Care, Broaden the Role of Nurses http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4044735&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F10%2F08_nursing.shtml In a rapidly changing health care environment, the nation's 3 million-plus nurses can and should play a much greater role in delivering care, according to a new Institute of Medicine report. David C. Goodman, MD, MS, of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, a researcher known for his expertise on issues involving the health care workforce, is a member of the Committee that authored the report. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4044735 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:20:41 +0100 4044735 Mulley to direct Dartmouth's health care delivery center http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4012444&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F09%2F28_mulley.shtml Albert G. Mulley Jr., M.D., M.P.P., an international leader in the science and application of shared decision making and other forms of collaboration between clinicians and patients, has been named director of the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science, Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim announced today. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4012444 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:09:21 +0100 4012444 Nursing group honors Bakitas for palliative care research http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4012445&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F09%2F28_bakitas.shtml For her pioneering work in palliative care, Marie Bakitas, D.N.Sc., A.P.R.N., A.O.C.N., F.A.A.N., received the 2010 Brilliant Future New Investigator Award from the Council for Advancement of Nursing Science (CANS) during the organization's recent annual State of the Science Congress. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4012445 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:08:29 +0100 4012445 Dean McCollum memorial Oct. 16 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4012446&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F09%2F27_mccollum.shtml The family of Robert W. McCollum, M.D., former dean of Dartmouth Medical School (DMS), is inviting his friends and medical colleagues to a celebration of his life on Saturday, October 16. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4012446 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:25:46 +0100 4012446 Zug presents research to European dermatologists http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3993279&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F09%2F21_zug.shtml Dartmouth dermatologist Kathryn A. Zug, M.D., recently traveled to France to share with some 800 European colleagues the findings from a decade of research on cases of eczema-like symptoms among patients. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3993279 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 20:28:24 +0100 3993279 New Dartmouth researcher identifies race disparities in colorectal cancer deaths http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3993280&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F09%2F21_soneji.shtml A new study published by a team led by Samir Soneji, Ph.D., an assistant professor at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI) and Dartmouth's Norris Cotton Cancer Center, shows that disparities in mortality rates from colorectal cancer due to racial differences increased from 1960 through 2005, even as the overall colorectal cancer mortality rate declined in the same period. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3993280 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:00:48 +0100 3993280 DMS, Thayer, NCCC to collaborate in $12.8m cancer nanotechnology project http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3980451&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F09%2F17_nci.shtml Under a five-year, $12.8-million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) will join forces with Dartmouth College's Thayer School of Engineering and the Norris Cotton Cancer Center in focusing on the goal of destroying malignant tumors with magnetic nanoparticles. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3980451 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:02:28 +0100 3980451 Mirza to lead orthopaedics http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3980452&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F09%2F17_mirza.shtml Sohail K. Mirza, M.D., M.P.H., a veteran spine surgeon and medical educator, has been named chair of the Department of Orthopaedics at Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC). His appointment follows the leadership of James N. Weinstein, D.O., M.S. who founded the department in 2003. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3980452 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:39:36 +0100 3980452 Physiologist Stanton named to Vail Chair http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3972634&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F09%2F15_stanton.shtml Bruce A. Stanton, Ph.D., an acclaimed researcher and educator on the environmental triggers of disease, has been appointed to the Andrew C. Vail Memorial Professorship at Dartmouth Medical School (DMS). He succeeds DMS colleague and fellow physiologist Donald Bartlett Jr., M.D., in the Vail chair. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3972634 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:56:31 +0100 3972634 DMS mourns former Dean McCollum http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3968840&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F09%2F14_mccollum.shtml Renowned epidemiologist Robert W. McCollum, M.D., who in 8½ years as dean of Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) helped pave the way for the evolution of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) to national recognition as an academic medical center, died at his home in Etna, N.H. on Monday, September 13, 2010, after a long illness. He was the husband of psychotherapist and author Audrey McCollum. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3968840 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:32:59 +0100 3968840 Ohio State dean, health sciences VP to lead Dartmouth Medical School http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3953784&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F09%2F09_souba.shtml Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim announced today that he has appointed Wiley "Chip" Souba, an internationally recognized academic surgeon, as Dean of Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) and Vice President for Health Affairs of Dartmouth College, effective October 1, 2010. Souba will also be a professor of surgery. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3953784 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:52:30 +0100 3953784 DMS, UNH to Lead N.H. Research Network http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3942532&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F09%2F07_taylor.shtml With a $15.4-million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dartmouth Medical School (DMS), the University of New Hampshire (UNH), and eight undergraduate institutions are forming a network to support biomedical research by faculty and students throughout New Hampshire. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3942532 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:41:16 +0100 3942532 New DMS Center to Focus on Radiation Exposure http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3932901&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F09%2F03_swartz.shtml Researchers at Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) are taking a major step in developing tools to assess radiation injuries in survivors of radiological or nuclear catastrophes, including terror attacks. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3932901 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:18:43 +0100 3932901 Moore appointed to Third Century Chair http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3929040&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F09%2F02_moore.shtml Jason H. Moore, Ph.D., an internationally renowned researcher in the fields of genetics and bioinformatics, has been appointed to the Third Century Professorship at Dartmouth Medical School (DMS). (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3929040 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:50:07 +0100 3929040 Catherwood named cardiology chief http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3872240&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F08%2F16_catherwood.shtml Edward Catherwood, M.D., M.S., has been named chief of the Section of Cardiology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), after serving as interim chief for the past two years. His appointment follows the leadership of Michael Simons, M.D., who directed the section from 2001 to 2008. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3872240 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:22:17 +0100 3872240 Weinstein, Fisher Receive Endowed Chairs http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3826806&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F08%2F05_chairs.shtml Two nationally recognized scholars in the field of health services research are recipients of endowed professorships from Dartmouth Medical School (DMS). (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3826806 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:49:16 +0100 3826806 'Bionic Man and Super Woman': DCMS fall series in Manchester http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3805634&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F07%2F30_dcms.shtml Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) experts in biotechnology, genetics, and fertility this fall will offer an explorer's guide through the growing jungle of options for treating human ailments and injuries. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3805634 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:05:09 +0100 3805634 Dartmouth researchers help secure grant to extend polio-fighting effort http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3798340&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F07%2F28_pai.shtml With guidance from two Dartmouth pediatricians and infectious-disease experts, a nonprofit global-health agency recently secured a two-year, $6.8-million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to continue the organization's Polio Antivirals Initiative (PAI). (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3798340 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:48:08 +0100 3798340 Arsenic study raises N.E. implications http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3736891&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F07%2F08_karagas.shtml (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3736891 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:55:08 +0100 3736891 Dartmouth researchers find clues to tumor-cell growth http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3736892&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F07%2F01_cole.shtml New research from Dartmouth's Norris Cotton Cancer Center helps explain why a protein crucial to the function of cell division sometimes reaches levels high enough to promote growth of cancerous tumors. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3736892 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:00:41 +0100 3736892 Dartmouth's Nolan earns vascular research award http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3710258&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F06%2F29_nolan.shtml Dartmouth vascular surgeon Brian W. Nolan, M.D., M.S., will further his research into the quality of life for patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), under a career-development award that he received on June 10, during the annual meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3710258 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:25:39 +0100 3710258 Vascular surgeons elect Dartmouth's Zwolak president http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3710259&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F06%2F29_zwolak.shtml The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) elected Dartmouth surgeon Robert M. Zwolak, M.D., as its president on June 11, during the society's annual meeting. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3710259 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:24:32 +0100 3710259 Public forum will cap HIV/AIDS conference at DMS http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3686898&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F06%2F22_wira.shtml Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) and researchers from around the world will offer a look at current efforts to treat and prevent HIV and AIDS, during a public forum at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) on Friday, July 2. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3686898 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:58:41 +0100 3686898 Dartmouth researchers present at national cancer conference http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3662403&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F06%2F14_cancer.shtml Seven researchers from Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) and the Norris Cotton Cancer Center presented their and their teams' work during the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncologists (ASCO), which concluded on June 8. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3662403 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:07:45 +0100 3662403 Dartmouth's Zubkoff joins Board of Trustees at American University of Kosovo http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3648291&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F06%2F09_zubkoff.shtml Michael Zubkoff, Ph.D., director of Dartmouth's M.D.-MBA. program and longtime chair of the Department of Community and Family Medicine, joined the board of trustees of the American University of Kosovo (AUKosovo) on May 26, 2010. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3648291 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:17:53 +0100 3648291 N.H. pediatricians honor Olson http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3599215&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F05%2F26_olson.shtml The New Hampshire chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics recently named Dartmouth Medical School's Ardis L. Olson, M.D., as the state's pediatrician of the year for 2010. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3599215 Wed, 26 May 2010 15:28:55 +0100 3599215 DMS to host youth trauma workshop http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3595377&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F05%2F24_rosenberg.shtml Professionals from New Hampshire's legal, medical, and social-service communities will gather at Dartmouth College on June 17 to discuss ways to coordinate care for children experiencing abuse, neglect, domestic violence, and other traumas. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3595377 Mon, 24 May 2010 21:52:54 +0100 3595377 Moore: Finding Genetic Hints to Disease is Complex Task http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3581408&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F05%2F19_moore.shtml The search for ways to identify risk factors for cancer and other common diseases will require strategies beyond the "simple approaches" - such as the Human Genome Project - now dominating the field of genetics, Dartmouth researcher Jason Moore, Ph.D. argues in an essay published online in the journal Nature Review Genetics. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3581408 Wed, 19 May 2010 19:21:28 +0100 3581408 The Missing Piece in Health Care Reform: Health Care Delivery Science http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3569669&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F05%2F17_tdc.shtml Dartmouth College has received a $35 million commitment to establish The Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science, President Jim Yong Kim announced today. The anonymous gift will advance a new field of study, harnessing the knowledge and expertise of faculty across multiple disciplines from the arts and sciences as well as from the medical, business and engineering schools. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3569669 Mon, 17 May 2010 11:46:09 +0100 3569669 DMS Study: Treated or not, most survive common thyroid cancer http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3569670&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F05%2F17_davies.shtml Dartmouth researchers Louise Davies, M.D., M.S., and H. Gilbert Welch, M.D., M.P.H., report that most patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) survive almost equally long if the condition does not spread beyond the thyroid gland, regardless of whether they undergo treatment within the first year after diagnosis. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3569670 Mon, 17 May 2010 04:01:25 +0100 3569670 Substance Abuse Symposium May 14 at Hopkins Center http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3563730&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F05%2F13_tanski.shtml The Dartmouth Center on Addiction Recovery and Education (DCARE) on Friday, May 14, will gather pediatricians, public-health researchers, a business professor, youth activists, and college advertising whizzes to examine the pervasive influences of mass media and marketing on youth substance abuse. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3563730 Thu, 13 May 2010 22:06:12 +0100 3563730 DMS '10 Dotters-Katz Appears on VPR http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3563731&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F05%2F13_dotters-katz.shtml In the hectic run-up to Commencement, Dartmouth Medical School fourth-year student Sarah Dotters-Katz found time on May 12 to talk about her education, her medical future, and current healthcare issues on the Vermont Public Radio call-in show, Vermont Edition. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3563731 Thu, 13 May 2010 22:05:19 +0100 3563731 Study: Parental guidance on movies curbs drinking http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3504742&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F04%2F26_tanski.shtml After examining the responses of thousands of northern New England middle-schoolers to questions about their movie-viewing habits over two years, Dartmouth pediatricians Susanne E. Tanski, M.D., M.P.H, and James D. Sargent, M.D., are reporting that parents who steer their kids away from R-rated films usually prevail against peer pressure on kids to drink alcohol. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3504742 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:40:04 +0100 3504742 AACR spotlight on DMS study http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3498784&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F A Nobel laureate highlighted the work of Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) cancer researchers on April 19, during the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3498784 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:39:20 +0100 3498784 Dartmouth is smallest medical school to make USN&WR top 50 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3498785&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F04%2F16_dms.shtml Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) continues to rank among the nation's top medical schools, according to the newest survey from U.S News & World Report. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3498785 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:05:02 +0100 3498785 Freeman named to Allyn Professorship http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3471575&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F04%2F14_freeman.shtml During its April meeting, the Dartmouth College Board of Trustees approved the appointment of Richard B. Freeman, Jr., M.D., to the William N. and Bessie Allyn Professorship of Surgery at Dartmouth Medical School (DMS). (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3471575 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:16:51 +0100 3471575 Nine Schweitzer fellows from DMS http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3453575&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F04%2F08_schweitzer.shtml Nine students from Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) will lead health-related service projects for underserved individuals and communities during 2010-2011, under the New Hampshire-Vermont Schweitzer Fellows Program (NH-VT SFP). (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3453575 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:58:24 +0100 3453575 'Social mission of medicine' topic at Koop Institute lecture http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3432604&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F04%2F01_mullan.shtml Pediatrician Fitzhugh Mullan, M.D., a veteran advocate for public health, will describe "The Social Mission of Medicine" - past, present, and future - on Monday, April 5, as part of the Harold Wade Lectureship series at Dartmouth Medical School's C. Everett Koop Institute. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3432604 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:22:35 +0100 3432604 DMS to highlight mental-health conditions, treatments http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3428765&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F03%2F31_green.shtml Mental-health researchers and practitioners from Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) and Dartmouth College will describe breakthroughs and emerging treatments for schizophrenia, depression, and other conditions during a gathering for Upper Valley patients and families at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) on April 10. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3428765 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:47:45 +0100 3428765 Byock in end-of-life debate at National Press Club http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3398595&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F03%2F23_byock.shtml Ira Byock, M.D., director of the palliative-care program at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), will debate end-of-life issues with a panel of other experts at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on March 24. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3398595 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:16:58 +0100 3398595 Date with destiny, destinations: 87 DMS students matched http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3394904&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F03%2F22_match.shtml At Dartmouth Medical School's celebration of Match Day for doctors-in-waiting on March 18, a record 87 DMS students learned where they'll begin residency training after graduation. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3394904 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:42:58 +0100 3394904 Dartmouth study: Race disparities diminish in specialized cancer centers http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3394905&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F03%2F22_onega.shtml Dartmouth researchers are reporting that African-American and white cancer patients die at roughly the same rate after undergoing treatment at specialized-care institutions. The findings, appearing in the online version of the American Cancer Society journal Cancer, suggest that where patients receive care may partly explain racial disparities in cancer mortality that previous studies showed. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3394905 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:26:58 +0100 3394905 Dr. Koop honored for AIDS awareness legacy http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378076&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F03%2F18_koop.shtml Citing the "bold" and "courageous" efforts that C. Everett Koop, M.D., took to prevent and to raise awareness of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) during his tenure as Surgeon General, Indiana University's Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention (RCAP) presented Koop with its 2010 Ryan White Distinguished Leadership Award on March 17, 2010. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378076 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:17:19 +0100 3378076 'R' is for risky youth behavior, Sargent movie study reports http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3362280&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F03%2F12_sargent.shtml After surveying more than 6,000 American youths several times over two years, Dartmouth pediatrician James D. Sargent and four fellow researchers are reporting a tendency among kids who regularly watch R-rated movies to take risks ranging from alcohol abuse to violence. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3362280 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:00:13 +0100 3362280 Dartmouth Community Medical School to examine 'Bionic man and Super Woman' http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3362281&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F03%2F08_dcms.shtml Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) experts in biotechnology, genetics, and fertility this spring will offer an explorer's guide through the growing jungle of options for fixing human ailments and injuries (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3362281 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:58:49 +0100 3362281 Sargent charts tobacco's temptations http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3338057&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F03%2F05_sargent.shtml In the next step of his research into the influences of mass media on young consumers, Dartmouth pediatrician James D. Sargent, M.D., and European counterparts report that cigarette advertising tempts teens overseas as well as their American peers. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3338057 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:03:52 +0100 3338057 Closer watch, fewer ICU trips, Dartmouth anesthesiologists find http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3338058&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F03%2F05_taenzer.shtml Thanks to systematic monitoring of patients after surgery, Dartmouth anesthesiologists are reporting a dramatic drop in rescue calls and transfers to intensive-care units. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3338058 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:55:42 +0100 3338058 DMS team identifies new cancer on-ramp http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3306496&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F02%2F24_karagas.shtml Dartmouth researchers report finding a new pathway with which the environmental toxin arsenic may trigger cancer of the bladder, lungs, and skin. They unveiled results of their study on February 23 in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3306496 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:10:01 +0100 3306496 Thought for food: DMS researcher, colleagues trace consumer tool's impact http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3275559&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F02%2F16_sutherland.shtml Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) researcher Lisa Sutherland, Ph.D., and a team of fellow nutrition scientists are reporting evidence that grocery shoppers are changing their buying habits thanks to a nutrition rating system that Sutherland helped develop in 2006. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3275559 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:50:06 +0100 3275559 Dartmouth video highlights arsenic risks, solutions for wells http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3266740&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F02%2F11_arsenic.shtml Aiming to encourage owners of private wells in northern New England to check the levels of arsenic in their drinking water, the Dartmouth Toxic Metals Research Program premiered a short film on Thursday, February 11. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3266740 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:55:10 +0100 3266740 Thompson, Compton probe tumor-suppressor http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3266741&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F02%2F11_thompson.shtml Dartmouth researchers Sarah Thompson and Duane Compton, Ph.D., continue to make progress in their laboratory's search for ways to exploit chromosomal instability (CIN) in cells to suppress the growth of cancer. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3266741 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:54:16 +0100 3266741 DMS study links movie scenes, youth food choices http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3254165&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F02%2F08_sutherland.shtml New research from the Hood Center for Children and Families at Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) for the first time sheds light on the significant influence on children of food product-placements in the movies. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3254165 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:21:19 +0100 3254165 DMS grad, wife join Haiti effort http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3223081&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F01%2F29_kairys.shtml A graduate of Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) and son of former DMS faculty members was treating survivors within three days of the magnitude-7.0 earthquake that destroyed much of Haiti on January 12. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3223081 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:52:19 +0100 3223081 New vaccine effective against TB in African HIV patients http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3223082&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F01%2F29_dardar.shtml Investigators from Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) have reported results of a clinical trial showing that a new vaccine against tuberculosis, Mycobacterium vaccae (MV), is effective in preventing tuberculosis in people with HIV infection. The DarDar Health Study, named for Dartmouth and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, found that MV immunization reduced the rate of definite tuberculosis by 39 percent among 2,000 HIV-infected patients in Tanzania. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3223082 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:51:32 +0100 3223082 DMS Responds to Haiti Crisis http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3223083&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F01%2F25_haiti.shtml Nearly two weeks after a magnitude-7.0 earthquake destroyed much of Haiti's capital city and surrounding towns and killed tens of thousands of residents, Dartmouth Medical School (DMS), Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) and Dartmouth College continue to work at a hectic pace to provide relief to the survivors. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3223083 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:50:41 +0100 3223083 Kidney-disease drug with Dartmouth origins licensed in Asia http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3171593&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F01%2F13_sporn.shtml Thanks in part to more than a decade of preclinical work by Dartmouth researchers, a Japanese biopharmaceutical firm is preparing to develop and market throughout Asia a drug for the treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD). (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3171593 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:10:44 +0100 3171593 Dartmouth's Ward named editor of national journal http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3153132&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F01%2F07_ward.shtml The American Headache Society (AHS) recently named Dartmouth neurologist Thomas N. Ward, M.D., as editor-in-chief of the professional journal Headache Currents. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3153132 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:59:51 +0100 3153132 Reviewers cite Dartmouth CF study http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3148881&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2010%2F01%2F06_stanton.shtml Reviewers for Faculty of 1000 Medicine praised a recent study by Dartmouth Medical School's lung and microbiology labs as one of the most important articles of 2009 in the search for treatments of cystic fibrosis. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3148881 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:18:59 +0100 3148881 Sargent, colleagues target cinematic smoking http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3079050&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F12%2F07_sargent.shtml After four years of studying the way Mexican-American adolescents respond to movie scenes of characters smoking cigarettes, Dartmouth pediatrician James D. Sargent, M.D. and his fellow researchers are urging families and Hollywood to slap more than a "PG" on some cinematic offerings. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3079050 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:11:04 +0100 3079050 PTSD professionals laud DMS's Friedman, Schnurr http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3026417&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F11%2F24_friedman.shtml The International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) recently honored Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) faculty members Matthew J. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D., and Paula P. Schnurr, Ph.D., for their work as co-founders of the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3026417 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:59:11 +0100 3026417 Ethics Guide for Rural M.D.s http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2966985&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F11%2F04_nelson.shtml With an eye to small-town health professionals as well as to the people training students to practice medicine beyond metropolitan settings, Dartmouth's Department of Community and Family Medicine is unveiling the Handbook for Rural Health Care Ethics. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2966985 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:05:16 +0100 2966985 Geneticists Hunt for Scleroderma Triggers http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2939025&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F10%2F28_scleroderma.shtml At its most benign, the autoimmune disease scleroderma can discolor parts of the skin of its sufferers. At its most pernicious, it can thicken and harden their skin, their blood vessels, and their internal organs before, in many cases, killing them. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2939025 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:21:42 +0100 2939025 Freeman Named Surgery Chair http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2939026&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F10%2F28_freeman.shtml Richard B. Freeman, Jr., M.D., a veteran transplant surgeon and medical educator at Tufts, has just been named chair of the Department of Surgery at Dartmouth Medical School. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2939026 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:02:31 +0100 2939026 DMS Cites Rural Risk for Perforated Appendix http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2930753&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F10%2F26_paquette.shtml People who live in rural areas may run a greater risk of suffering a perforated appendix than those dwelling in suburbs and cities, according to a new study from Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) researchers. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2930753 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:17:45 +0100 2930753 Prescription: Better Labeling http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2915897&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F10%2F21_woloshin.shtml Drug labels—the main way that the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) communicates the prescribing information physicians need—frequently don't include basic information required to fully understand the harms and benefits of these products, two Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) professors declare in the Oct. 29 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2915897 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:25:17 +0100 2915897 Dartmouth Welcomes Doctors-to-Be to the Profession http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2901535&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F10%2F06_white_coat.shtml Seven weeks into their first year at Dartmouth Medical School, the 47 women and 37 men of the Class of 2013 marched into DMS's Kellogg Auditorium and donned the symbol of their new profession at the School's White Coat Ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 3. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2901535 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:51:35 +0100 2901535 Dodds Named Anesthesiology Chair http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2901536&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F09%2F28_dodds.shtml Thomas M. Dodds, M.D., has been named chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), after serving as acting chair for the past 18 months. His appointment follows the previous departmental leadership of David Glass, M.D., who chaired anesthesiology from 1983 to 2008. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2901536 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:32:24 +0100 2901536 Hazelden and Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center announce publishing partnership in the fields of mental health and addiction treatment http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2792930&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F09%2F14_hazelden.shtml Hazelden, a nonprofit organization, and the Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center (PRC)—both leaders in the research and development of evidence-based practices—today announced a partnership to develop a variety of resources for the mental health and addiction treatment industries. These resources, including curricula, books, multimedia tools, and staff-development trainings, will be published under a new "Dartmouth PRC-Hazelden" imprint. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2792930 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:32:03 +0100 2792930 Weighing Costs, Benefits of HIV Treatments http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2788444&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F09%2F11_palumbo.shtml Prevention versus treatment? Cost versus efficacy? So go two of the dilemmas looming over Dartmouth's Paul E. Palumbo, M.D., and his fellow researchers in the race to fight HIV and other infectious diseases in the developing world—especially among women and their young children. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2788444 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:42:46 +0100 2788444 Stimulus Funds Awarded to Support Northern New England Fiberoptic Backbone http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2737454&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F08%2F21_stanton.shtml The Dartmouth-New Hampshire lung diseases partnership has been awarded almost $2 million in economic stimulus funding from the National Institutes of Health for a fiberoptic backbone to connect Northern New England. The two-year supplement, effective this month, will provide for development of an internet network to link higher education and research institutions for large-scale collaborative regional studies. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2737454 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:57:16 +0100 2737454 In the with New: First-year Dartmouth Medical Students Begin http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2695037&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F08%2F12_orientation.shtml Dartmouth Medical School ushered in a new academic year when 84 first-year as medical students, broadly educated and bringing a diversity of experience in work and service from around the country and world, arrived for orientation. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2695037 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:26:15 +0100 2695037 New Online Health Promotion Series Offers Smoking Prevention Strategies for Child Health Professionals http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2695038&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F07%2F21_smoking.shtml An online teaching and learning hub for health promotion based at Dartmouth Medical School and Children's Hospital at Dartmouth (CHaD) has launched courses on tobacco counseling strategies for young girls. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2695038 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:22:12 +0100 2695038 Trojan Horse for Ovarian Cancer--Nanoparticles Turn Immune System Soldiers against Tumor Cells http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2597970&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F07%2F13_conejo_garcia.shtml In a feat of trickery, Dartmouth Medical School immunologists have devised a Trojan horse to help overcome ovarian cancer, unleashing a surprise killer in the surroundings of a hard-to-treat tumor. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2597970 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:00:03 +0100 2597970 Accelerated Fertility Treatment Shortens Time to Pregnancy and Saves Costs http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2527476&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F06%2F26_reindollar.shtml For couples beginning infertility treatments, an accelerated path to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) can offer a shorter time to pregnancy, cost savings of nearly $10,000, and a lowered risk of multiple births, a new trial recently published in the journal Fertility and Sterility shows. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2527476 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:36:44 +0100 2527476 New Role for an Old Poison: Common Arsenic Exposure Levels Inhibit Flu-fighting Ability against H1N1, DMS Scientists Find http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2427582&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F05%2F20_kozul.shtml Low levels of arsenic exposure that commonly occur through drinking contaminated well water severely compromise the immune response to influenza A (H1N1) infection and may lead to increased susceptibility and severity, Dartmouth Medical School scientists have found. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2427582 Wed, 20 May 2009 20:44:06 +0100 2427582 Creative ideas that could change the face of global health http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2423333&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F05%2F19_fahey.shtml Dartmouth Medical School scientists are among nearly 200 researchers from around the world who have been awarded grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for their bold ideas to improve health in developing countries. They have won grants of $100,000 from the Foundation's Grand Challenges Explorations initiative that aims to foster creative ideas that could change the face of global health. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2423333 Tue, 19 May 2009 20:30:49 +0100 2423333 Biological Timekeeper Studies Reveal New Temperature Regulator and Track Clock Protein across a Day http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414372&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F05%2F14_loros.shtml Dartmouth Medical School geneticists have made new inroads into understanding the regulatory circuitry of the biological clock that synchronizes the ebb and flow of daily activities, according to two studies published May 15. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414372 Thu, 14 May 2009 21:31:41 +0100 2414372 Large-scale African genetics study finds surprising diversity, few ancestral groups http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2387697&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F05%2F01_moore.shtml A Dartmouth Medical School researcher is part of an international team that has determined that Africans are descended from 14 ancestral populations. The study published April 30 online in Science Express, demonstrates startling diversity on the continent, considered the source of modern humans. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2387697 Fri, 01 May 2009 17:52:04 +0100 2387697 Dartmouth Medical School Geneticist Tapped for National Academy of Sciences http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2387698&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F04%2F28_dunlap.shtml Dr. Jay Dunlap, professor and chair of genetics at Dartmouth Medical School, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, considered the country's premier scientific society. He is internationally recognized as a pioneer in cracking apart the field of clock biology, opening a window on the rhythms of life. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2387698 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:49:07 +0100 2387698 Two-Pronged Model Could Help Foil Tough Cystic Fibrosis Infections http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2387699&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F04%2F23_fibrosis.shtml Dartmouth Medical School researchers have devised a novel approach for thwarting the relentless bacterial infections that thrive in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis (CF), unlocking new possibilities against a tenacious and toxic hallmark of the common genetic disease. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2387699 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:48:40 +0100 2387699 Noted Physician-scientist to Address Dartmouth Medical School Class Day June 13 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2387700&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F04%2F20_bioengineer.shtml Research pioneer Donald E. Ingber, MD, PhD, of Harvard is the keynote speaker for Dartmouth Medical School Class Day, a celebration for final year medical and graduate students receiving their degrees. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2387700 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:47:45 +0100 2387700 Gene Targeting Discovery in Model Parasite Opens Door for Vaccines and Drugs http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2329727&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F04%2F13_bzik.shtml In a genetic leap that could help fast track vaccine and drug development to prevent or tame serious global diseases, DMS researchers have discovered how to destroy a key DNA pathway in a wily and widespread human parasite. The feat surmounts a major hurdle for targeting genes in Toxoplasma gondii, an infection model whose close relatives are responsible for diseases that include malaria and severe diarrhea. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2329727 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:24:18 +0100 2329727 Losing a Newborn Sibling Can Have Life-long Impact http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2329728&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F04%2F02_fanos.shtml Little is known about the long-term effects of losing a sibling in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Survivor siblings may encounter unforeseen emotional difficulties and developmental consequences, whether they are born before or after the infant's death, and the impact can be life-long, according to a Dartmouth Medical School study. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2329728 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:54:10 +0100 2329728 First Elmer R. Pfefferkorn Professor at Dartmouth Medical School Named http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2299102&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F03%2F27_green.shtml William R. Green, Ph.D., dean of Dartmouth Medical School (DMS), has been named the inaugural Elmer R. Pfefferkorn, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology and Immunology. The appointment, approved by the Dartmouth Board of Trustees, recognizes Green's contributions and service as chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and now as dean. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2299102 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:22:02 +0100 2299102 The Envelope, Please: DMS Seniors Match http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2285022&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F03%2F19_match.shtml cal School students celebrated Match Day, the national rite of passage when soon-to-be physicians learn where they begin residency training. For most DMS seniors, the defining moment came during ceremonies at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center when students received envelopes that revealed where they will head after their June graduation. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2285022 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:50:13 +0100 2285022 Dartmouth Community Medical School Spring Program on the Immune System Opens March 31 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2285023&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F03%2F19_immunity.shtml Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) kick off the 11th installment of the highly popular Dartmouth Community Medical School on March 31, with the first of eight weekly Tuesday evening sessions throughout April and May. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2285023 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:50:00 +0100 2285023 Genetics Society Honors Dartmouth Medical School Clockwork Researcher http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2260723&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F03%2F13_dunlap.shtml Dartmouth Medical School geneticist Dr. Jay Dunlap has received the Genetics Society of America's 2009 George W. Beadle Medal for outstanding contributions to the genetics community. Dunlap, professor and chair of genetics, is recognized for his work on what makes cells tick and for his mentorship and service within genetics. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2260723 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:24:27 +0100 2260723