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. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:28:24 +0100 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3362280 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:00:13 +0100 3362280 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3362281 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:58:49 +0100 3362281 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3338057 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:03:52 +0100 3338057 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3338058 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:55:42 +0100 3338058 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3306496 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:10:01 +0100 3306496 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3275559 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:50:06 +0100 3275559 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3266740 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:55:10 +0100 3266740 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3266741 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:54:16 +0100 3266741 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3254165 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:21:19 +0100 3254165 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3223081 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:52:19 +0100 3223081 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3223082 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:51:32 +0100 3223082 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3223083 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:50:41 +0100 3223083 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3171593 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:10:44 +0100 3171593 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3153132 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:59:51 +0100 3153132 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3148881 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:18:59 +0100 3148881 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3079050 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:11:04 +0100 3079050 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3026417 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:59:11 +0100 3026417 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2966985 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:05:16 +0100 2966985 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2939025 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:21:42 +0100 2939025 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2939026 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:02:31 +0100 2939026 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2930753 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:17:45 +0100 2930753 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2915897 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:25:17 +0100 2915897 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2901535 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:51:35 +0100 2901535 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2901536 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:32:24 +0100 2901536 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2792930 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:32:03 +0100 2792930 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2788444 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:42:46 +0100 2788444 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2737454 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:57:16 +0100 2737454 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2695037 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:26:15 +0100 2695037 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2695038 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:22:12 +0100 2695038 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2597970 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:00:03 +0100 2597970 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2527476 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:36:44 +0100 2527476 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2427582 Wed, 20 May 2009 20:44:06 +0100 2427582 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2423333 Tue, 19 May 2009 20:30:49 +0100 2423333 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414372 Thu, 14 May 2009 21:31:41 +0100 2414372 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2387697 Fri, 01 May 2009 17:52:04 +0100 2387697 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2387698 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:49:07 +0100 2387698 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2387699 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:48:40 +0100 2387699 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2387700 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:47:45 +0100 2387700 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2329727 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:24:18 +0100 2329727 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2329728 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:54:10 +0100 2329728 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2299102 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:22:02 +0100 2299102 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2285022 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:50:13 +0100 2285022 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2285023 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:50:00 +0100 2285023 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 organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2260723 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:24:27 +0100 2260723 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2233807&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dartmouth.edu%2F%7Enews%2Freleases%2F2009%2F03%2F02.html Jim Yong Kim, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, has been elected the 17th President of Dartmouth by the College’s Board of Trustees. Ed Haldeman, Chair of Dartmouth’s Board of Trustees, announced the appointment today at a meeting of students, faculty and staff. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2233807 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:36:34 +0100 2233807 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2223033&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F02%2F26_deleo.shtml Dartmouth Medical School pain scientist Dr. Joyce DeLeo has won the American Pain Society's 2009 Frederick W. L. Kerr Basic Science Research Award. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2223033 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:09:31 +0100 2223033 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2183070&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F02%2F13_circadian.shtml Scientists have long known that interrupting the 24-hour daily rhythm plays havoc with the lives and health of medical, military and airline personnel, factory employees and travelers. Now, a Dartmouth Medical School research team has uncovered a potential target that could be exploited to help ameliorate the effects of jet lag and shift work. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2183070 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:48:11 +0100 2183070 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2144747&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F01%2F29_schizophrenia.shtml Schizophrenia may blur the boundary between internal and external realities by over-activating a brain system involved in self-reflection, a new brain imaging study has found. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2144747 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:17:05 +0100 2144747 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2110822&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F01%2F16_compton.shtml Dartmouth Medical School biochemists have found two proteins that work in concert to ensure proper chromosome segregation during cell division. Their study, published in the January issue of Nature Cell Biology, may offer clues to treating cancer tumors that shuffle chromosomes. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2110822 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:58:15 +0100 2110822 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2090175&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2009%2F01%2F07_hwa.shtml A Dartmouth Medical School physician-scientist will be honored by the American Heart Association (AHA) for his research to help understand and detect cardiovascular disease. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2090175 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:22:02 +0100 2090175 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2040382&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F12%2F16_fusion.shtml New research led by Dartmouth Medical School suggests that for patients with spinal stenosis with associated slipped vertebrae, the benefits of the fusion procedure are not enough to offset the costs. The work was published in the December 16 Annals of Internal Medicine. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2040382 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:20:22 +0100 2040382 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1981264&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F11%2F20_martin.shtml Timing is crucial when a woman is about to give birth, and now Dartmouth Medical School researchers have discovered a key player that prepares the pregnant uterus for labor. The findings, published online Nov. 20 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, help resolve the paradoxical presence of a muscle relaxant just when the uterus needs to begin forceful contractions. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1981264 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:04:34 +0100 1981264 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1975616&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F11%2F20_journalists.shtml Two Dartmouth Medical School researchers call for greater scrutiny of the relationship between medical journalists and the health care industries they cover. Their study was published online today, Nov. 19, in the British Medical Journal, or BMJ. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1975616 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:55:15 +0100 1975616 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1947450&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F11%2F10_no_smoking.shtml An innovative website to emphasize smoking prevention for young girls has been launched through Children's Hospital at Dartmouth (CHaD) and Dartmouth Medical School. The safe, online patient education site was created by a Dartmouth pediatrician to prevent smoking in young girls (8-11 yrs. old). Funded by Pfizer Inc. through an unrestricted educational grant, the site—No Smoking Room.Org—is designed to empower girls to say "no" to smoking or to encourage those who are smoking to quit. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947450 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:55:35 +0100 1947450 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1947451&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F11%2F10_new_department.shtml Dartmouth College Trustees approved a new Department of Neurology and two named professorships at Dartmouth Medical School. The actions were taken at the their fall-term meeting in Hanover, Nov. 7-8, where the Board discussed the institution's financial strategy in the economically challenging environment. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947451 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:58:40 +0100 1947451 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1934340&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F11%2F04_bernstein.shtml All children, starting at six months of age, should get an influenza vaccine each and every year, say new pediatric guidelines, and a Dartmouth pediatrician who helped develop the guidelines stresses that it is both beneficial and safe. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1934340 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:53:12 +0100 1934340 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1921185&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F10%2F28_common_good.shtml Dartmouth medical students fanned out to Upper Valley agencies for the fourth annual Common Good Day Oct. 21. Under the aegis of Dartmouth Medical School's Community Service Committee and the DMS 2008-09 Schweitzer Fellows, over 100 medical students -- primarily first and second- years -- volunteered their time and energy for area organizations and activities. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1921185 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:46:29 +0100 1921185 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1895559&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F10%2F21_zug.shtml Adults and children who are referred for patch testing for allergies appear equally likely to have allergic contact dermatitis, although they tend to react to different allergy-causing substances (allergens), reports a team headed by a Dartmouth dermatologist. The multi-center study, published in the October Archives of Dermatology, helps provide a useful guide to an allergen "hit list" for children, say the investigators. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1895559 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:15:07 +0100 1895559 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1883546&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F10%2F16_norris.shtml Dartmouth researchers with the National Center for Disaster Mental Health Research are preparing to visit the Galveston, Texas area on their first field mission in early November to study the impact of Hurricane Ike, which hit in late September. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1883546 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:59:32 +0100 1883546 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1883547&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F10%2F15_nierenberg.shtml Dartmouth Medical School's education dean has been honored with one of the country's highest medical student teaching accolades, the Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award, to be presented at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) annual meeting Nov. 1 in San Antonio, Texas. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1883547 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:58:30 +0100 1883547 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1876455&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F10%2F14_baron.shtml Long term follow-up confirms that use of the former pain killer rofecoxib (Vioxx) substantially increased the risk of cardiovascular events such as stroke and heart attack. The results were published early online and in an upcoming edition of the Lancet by Dr. John A Baron, professor of medicine and of at Dartmouth Medical School and colleagues. They highlight the need to balance potential and perils when considering such drugs, called COX-2 inhibitors, which are non-steroidal anti-inßammatory drugs (NSAIDs). (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1876455 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:13:12 +0100 1876455 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1876456&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F10%2F14_stanton.shtml New Hampshire scientists have been awarded $10.5 million from the National Institutes of Health to extend a Dartmouth-led collaboration for research and training to prevent and cure cystic fibrosis, lung cancer and other respiratory illnesses. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1876456 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:59:10 +0100 1876456 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1873182&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F10%2F13_wennberg.shtml Dr. John E. Wennberg, a Dartmouth Medical School outcomes pioneer, today received the 2008 Gustav O. Lienhard Award from the Institute of Medicine for "reshaping the US health care system" to focus on objective evidence and outcomes rather than physician preference as the basis for treatment decisions, and for his efforts to empower patients with greater input on decisions about their own care. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1873182 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:16:12 +0100 1873182 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1833407&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F09%2F26_buckey.shtml Self-guided treatment for depression could soon be only a mouse click away. A Dartmouth Medical School physician and former astronaut is part of a National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) team developing an interactive, multi-media program to manage depression and other psychosocial problems in space and it could be brought down to earth, especially where access to health care is limited. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1833407 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:32:09 +0100 1833407 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1806478&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F09%2F18_fisher.shtml The medical home has great potential to improve the delivery of coordinated health care to patients. But significant obstacles still exist in making the transition from model to reality, says Dartmouth physician Dr. Elliott S. Fisher in the September 18 New England Journal of Medicine. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1806478 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:54:57 +0100 1806478 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1786172&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F09%2F10_baron.shtml Dartmouth Medical School has been awarded $19 million to continue leadership of a national trial that is exploring a safe and cost-effective way help prevent colorectal cancer, one of the most common cancers in the US. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1786172 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:42:14 +0100 1786172 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1779669&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F09%2F09_goodman.shtml Successful health care reform requires better public policy planning for the medical professionals the country needs, asserts a Dartmouth Medical School physician. He calls for the establishment of a national health workforce commission. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1779669 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:08:04 +0100 1779669 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1709673&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F08%2F15_bernat.shtml Questioning the definitions of death in transplanting infant hearts, a Dartmouth Medical School neurologist called for setting new standards for organ donations after cardiac rather than brain death in a perspective for the August 14 New England Journal of Medicine. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1709673 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:14:12 +0100 1709673 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1696425&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F08%2F08_henderson.shtml Dartmouth neuroscientist Dr. Leslie Henderson has been named senior associate dean for academic affairs. Her appointment, effective September 1, was announced by Dartmouth Medical School Dean Dr. William R. Green. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1696425 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:14:36 +0100 1696425 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1679586&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F08%2F04_sargent.shtml Alarming numbers of young adolescents are exposed to graphic violence in movies rated R for violence, calling into question the effectiveness of the current movie rating system, report Dartmouth Medical School researchers. Their results of a nationwide survey that documents widespread exposure of 10-14 -year-olds to violent movies are published in the August issue of Pediatrics. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1679586 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:07:01 +0100 1679586 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1631546&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F07%2F16_whitfield.shtml Distinct genetic profiles can discern different groups of patients with scleroderma, a vexing autoimmune disease in which the body turns against itself, Dartmouth Medical School researchers report. Their discovery of distinguishing molecular subtypes within the disease offers new insight into the complexity of a poorly understood and hard to treat illness and opens a window for better diagnosis and targeted therapies. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1631546 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:08:24 +0100 1631546 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1603395&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F07%2F09_deleo.shtml Dartmouth Medical School pain researcher Dr. Joyce A. DeLeo has been appointed chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, effective July 1. She succeeds Dr. Ethan Dmitrovsky, who is stepping aside after a decade as head of the department, to devote his full-time faculty effort at DMS to his research, particularly lung cancer biology and treatment, and including his work as an American Cancer Society Professor, an honor previously announced. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1603395 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:28:16 +0100 1603395 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1603396&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F07%2F09_barlowe.shtml Cell biologist Dr. Charles Barlowe has assumed a new leadership role as chair of Dartmouth Medical School's Department of Biochemistry. His appointment was effective July 1, coinciding with the end of his term as dean of graduate studies for Dartmouth College. He succeeds T.Y. Chang, Ph.D. who elected to step down after heading the department since 2000 and who will return to devoting his time to his research on cholesterol. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1603396 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:27:14 +0100 1603396 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1596805&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F07%2F07_schnurr.shtml A Dartmouth Medical School researcher has won a Ladies' Home Journal Health Breakthrough Award for landmark work that benefits women and families. Paula Schnurr, a DMS research professor of psychiatry and the deputy executive director of the National Center for PTSD for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in White River Junction, Vermont, was honored for her studies of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in female veterans. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1596805 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:39:45 +0100 1596805 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1543886&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F06%2F24_stents.shtml The widespread use of drug-releasing coronary artery stents in routine practice is associated with a decrease in the need for repeat procedures to unblock heart arteries, and also does not appear to increase the risk of death, compared to bare-metal stents, report Dartmouth Medical School researchers in the June 25 Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1543886 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:55:10 +0100 1543886 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1526753&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F06%2F17_risk_chart.shtml If you're a 55 year-old male who has never smoked, how likely is it you will die from heart disease over the next 10 years? From prostate cancer; pneumonia? Dartmouth Medical School researchers at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI) have created charts to provide patients with information -- based on actual records -- of their risk of death. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1526753 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:48:10 +0100 1526753 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1509035&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F06%2F11_reilley.shtml A Dartmouth medical student has been selected for a national Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) initiative that enables aspiring physician-scientists to participate in hands-on biomedical research. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1509035 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:49:21 +0100 1509035 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1502730&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F06%2F09_class_day.shtml Dartmouth Medical School celebrated the accomplishments of 168 budding physicians, biomedical scientists and public health specialists in Class Day ceremonies, June 7. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1502730 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:14:38 +0100 1502730 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1497740&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F06%2F05_williamson.shtml Dr. Peter D. Williamson, a world-renowned neurologist and epilepsy expert, distinguished for his pioneering work in evaluating patients for epilepsy surgery, died Wednesday, June 4, at his home in Lyme, NH, from cancer. He was 71. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1497740 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:05:28 +0100 1497740 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1478200&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F05%2F29_pipas.shtml Dr. Catherine F. Pipas, a Dartmouth Medical School physician recognized as a regional and national leader among teachers of family medicine, has been named section chief for family medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC). (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1478200 Fri, 30 May 2008 02:11:55 +0100 1478200 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1470032&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F05%2F27_atwood.shtml International public health expert Dr. Stephen Atwood will deliver the keynote address at the Dartmouth Medical School Class Day on June 7. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1470032 Tue, 27 May 2008 17:15:52 +0100 1470032 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1432759&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F05%2F09_pearson.shtml Dartmouth Medical School and the Maine Army National Guard have joined to launch a two-tiered Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) Program involving both state-of-the-art screening and a system of integrated care to meet the needs of returning soldiers through cooperation between private and public community-based providers. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1432759 Fri, 09 May 2008 20:44:36 +0100 1432759 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1399352&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F04%2F25_modlin.shtml Dartmouth pediatrician Dr. John Modlin, a prominent children's infectious disease expert, has been appointed senior associate dean for clinical affairs at Dartmouth Medical School, effective immediately. In this position, he will serve in an advisory role to DMS Dean Dr. William R. Green for all aspects relating to the school's academic mission involving the clinical faculty and programs at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1399352 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:57:47 +0100 1399352 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1382607&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F04%2F18_dmitrovsky.shtml Dr. Ethan Dmitrovsky, the Andrew Wallace Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology and professor of medicine at Dartmouth Medical School, has been named a Clinical Research Professor by the American Cancer Society. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1382607 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:26:19 +0100 1382607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1378044&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F04%2F16_goodman_fisher.shtml Increasing the size of the physician workforce has not led overall to better care, greater availability of care or patient satisfaction with medical care. So why do some continue to argue that adding more doctors is critical to addressing the US health care crisis? That's the question posed by Dartmouth Medical School physicians David C. Goodman and Elliott S. Fisher in the April 17 New England Journal of Medicine. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1378044 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:17:59 +0100 1378044 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1356357&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F04%2F08_conradt.shtml Dartmouth Medical School geneticists have pinpointed the terminator controls in a pathway for cells destined to live or die, switching on a killer gene when needed to assure the development of a healthy animal. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1356357 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:45:43 +0100 1356357 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1356358&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F04%2F07_atlas.shtml Medicare pays many hospitals and their doctors more than the most efficient and effective health care institutions to treat chronically ill people, yet gets worse results, according to a new report from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice by Dartmouth Medical School professors. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1356358 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:30:42 +0100 1356358 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1319564&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F03%2F21_match.shtml Joining their counterparts across the country, graduating Dartmouth Medical School students celebrated Match Day, a rite of passage when they learn where they will begin their training as newly minted physicians. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1319564 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:19:26 +0100 1319564 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1298809&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F03%2F13_otoole.shtml Using a promising model they devised to study the stubborn lung infections that plague cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, Dartmouth Medical School researchers have discovered strikingly strong resistance to conventional antibiotics, and suggest that the intense therapy needed to combat infection may contribute to its persistence. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1298809 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:53:43 +0100 1298809 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1265279&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F02%2F28_korc.shtml Dr. Murray Korc, professor and chairman of medicine, will serve as the associate dean for clinical and translational research at Dartmouth Medical School and principal investigator coordinating Dartmouth's application for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) award, which will lead the establishment of a Center for Clinical and Translational Science at Dartmouth. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1265279 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:38:48 +0100 1265279 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1256354&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F02%2F25_compton.shtml Many cancer cells have the wrong number of chromosomes—too many or too few—but they seem to have adapted a quirk that allows them to keep growing in spite of the deviations, Dartmouth Medical School biochemists report. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1256354 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:55:43 +0100 1256354 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1246695&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F02%2F20_sport.shtml Individuals suffering from a common back condition known as spinal stenosis improve more with surgery than with non-surgical treatment, according to a multi-center, multi-state trial led by Dartmouth clinician-researchers. However, the study also reveals that patients who choose not to have surgery are likely to improve over time. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1246695 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:53:48 +0100 1246695 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1246696&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F02%2F20_noelle.shtml Dr. Randolph (Randy) Noelle has been named acting chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, announced Dr. William R. Green, dean of Dartmouth Medical School. "I am pleased that Dr. Noelle has agreed to serve while I fulfill my term as dean," said Green, professor and chair of microbiology and immunology, who assumed the deanship last month. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1246696 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:31:26 +0100 1246696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1194976&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F02%2F01_raviola.shtml Dr. Giuseppe "Bepi" Raviola, a resident in child and adolescent psychiatry at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) is one of only 10 residents nationally awarded a 2008 Laughlin Fellowship from the American College of Psychiatrists (ACP), given each year to residents deemed most likely to make a significant future contribution to psychiatry. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1194976 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:42:39 +0100 1194976 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1173438&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F01%2F22_goodman.shtml Society's dissatisfaction with the United States health care system will not be helped by increasing the physician workforce, nor will more doctors lead to overall better health for Americans, writes Dartmouth Medical School Professor Dr. David Goodman in the January 23 Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1173438 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:00:20 +0100 1173438 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1158385&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F01%2F17_ahmed.shtml Dartmouth Medical School geneticists have discovered a striking turnabout role for a gatekeeper known to put on the brakes for colon cancer. Flaws in a gene called adenomatous polyposis coli (APC), which normally prevents excessive cell growth, are thought to trigger development of most colorectal cancers. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1158385 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:00:26 +0100 1158385 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1149821&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F01%2F14_titus-ernstoff.shtml New research from Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) strengthens the case that children's exposure to smoking in movies influences their decision to start smoking. It further suggests that smoking in movies seen in early childhood has an equally significant impact on that decision as movie smoking exposure closer to adolescence. The study, published in the January issue of Pediatrics, was the first of its kind to focus on elementary school children, and the first to update the children's exposure to movie smoking over time. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1149821 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:37:49 +0100 1149821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1146721&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F01%2F11_dean.shtml Dr. William Green, chair and professor of microbiology and immunology, has been named dean of Dartmouth Medical School (DMS). Green takes over for Dr. Stephen Spielberg, who stepped down in early January to devote more time to his research and international health initiatives. He will serve as dean for a non-renewable term. Green's service will extend through an organizational review of DMS and through the search and appointment of the subsequent dean. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1146721 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:02:01 +0100 1146721 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1142661&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F01%2F10_shipman.shtml Race and ethnicity should be explicitly considered in admitting applicants to US medical schools if we are to increase the numbers of minority physicians and improve access to care for underserved Americans, according to a study published in the January/February Health Affairs. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1142661 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:52:11 +0100 1142661 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1142662&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F01%2F10_cpmc.shtml Beginning this month, Dartmouth Medical School has entered a new educational affiliation with California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC), one of San Francisco's foremost teaching hospitals, to enrich the breadth of patient care experience for medical students. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1142662 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:30:41 +0100 1142662 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1137180&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F01%2F08_axelrod.shtml Patients in small towns and isolated rural areas have lower organ transplant rates than patients in urban areas, according to a Dartmouth-led study in the in the January 9/16 Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1137180 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:13:17 +0100 1137180 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1133991&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F01%2F07_rozycki.shtml A Dartmouth pediatrician is the inaugural recipient of the Alan A. Rozycki Commitment to Excellence Award for his contributions to care of children at DHMC and in the community. Dr. Todd M. Poret received the 2007 award, named in honor of long-time Dartmouth pediatrician Dr. Alan Rozycki, who is retiring after 35 years of service at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1133991 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:38:04 +0100 1133991 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1131194&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F01%2F04_korc.shtml The discovery that a molecule drives local tumor growth, as well as its ability to flourish and spread, opens a new window for understanding and treating cancer by taking aim at both cancer cells and their surrounding environment. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1131194 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:35:01 +0100 1131194 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1131195&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2008%2F01%2F03_tosteson.shtml Digital mammography does not improve health enough to warrant its higher cost unless its use is limited to women under age 50 or women with dense breasts, according to a cost-effectiveness study comparing digital mammography and conventional film mammography for breast cancer screening. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1131195 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:31:58 +0100 1131195 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1040237&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2007_h2%2F20nov2007_cancer.shtml Rural patients are often assumed to be the top truants in American medicine, not seeking medical attention until a condition is more advanced and less treatable. However, new Dartmouth Medical School research suggests that urban, not rural, patients are more likely to slip through the cracks—at least when it comes to colorectal and lung cancer. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1040237 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:59:23 +0100 1040237 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1033086&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2007_h2%2F16nov2007_oconnor.shtml Two Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) researchers who have advanced outcomes research and clinical practice have received national awards from the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Foundation. The honors were announced at the 2007 North American CF Conference, a meeting of more than 3,500 national and international researchers and clinicians in cystic fibrosis. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1033086 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:09:20 +0100 1033086 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1027231&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2007_h2%2F14nov2007_hamilton.shtml A team of Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) researchers has determined that low doses of arsenic disrupt the activity of a hormone critical in development. The finding is further evidence that arsenic at low doses (at levels found in US drinking water in some areas) can be harmful. The study appeared in the Oct. 26 online edition of Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), and it will be published in a forthcoming issue of the journal. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1027231 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:06:13 +0100 1027231 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1015059&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2007_h2%2F08nov2007_wennberg.shtml Dr. John E. (Jack) Wennberg, founding editor of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care at Dartmouth Medical School, has recently received two major awards for his contributions to medicine and health policy. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1015059 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:49:39 +0100 1015059 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=998807&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2007_h2%2F01nov2007_simons.shtml Dartmouth Medical School researchers have created mice with super hearts—enlarged organs that are powerful blood pumps—demonstrating a new dynamic for regulating heart size and function. The work, reported in the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, offers novel approaches for heart disease therapies. Moreover, it opens a window on what drives organ enlargement and how to control organ size in adults. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=998807 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:59:07 +0100 998807 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=941979&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2007_h2%2F10oct2007_lahey.shtml Dr. Timothy Lahey, an HIV specialist at Dartmouth Medical School, received a national award from the Infectious Diseases Society of America for his promising research on protecting immune cells from death during HIV infection. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=941979 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:03:06 +0100 941979 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=938877&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2007_h2%2F04oct2007_woloshin.shtml Just the facts, please, on how a drug helps or harms, presented in a clear table and the consumer can understand them, report Dartmouth Medical School/VA physicians. The findings help overturn the notion that numeric data is too difficult for the general public and lend support to including tables to communicate balanced drug information. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=938877 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:48:33 +0100 938877 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=938878&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2007_h2%2F28sep2007_williamson.shtml Peter and Susan Williamson of Lyme, NH, have made a $20 million gift commitment to Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC). Their gift, the largest gift to the Medical School and the Medical Center, will help support their highest priorities. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=938878 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:58:35 +0100 938878 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=938879&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2007_h2%2F27sep2007_cole.shtml Like an athlete, a cell at work requires agility—at least for tunneling to the nucleus with its mother lode of genetic information, DMS biochemists report. Their research sheds light on the dynamics of building nuclear pores—the gateways for traffic to and from the nucleus, sometimes called the brain of the cell. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=938879 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:45:28 +0100 938879 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=938880&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2007_h2%2F17sep2007_welch.shtml While PSA (prostate-specific antigen) tests have become widely used to screen for prostate cancer, a biopsy is what actually determines the presence of prostate cancer, according to Dartmouth/VA researchers. Nonetheless, it remains unclear whether or not PSA screening reduces prostate cancer deaths. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=938880 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:15:47 +0100 938880 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=938881&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2007_h2%2F12sep2007_ernst.shtml All blood cell production in adults depends on the steady work of a vital gene that if lost results in early bone marrow failure, Dartmouth Medical School cancer geneticists have found. Their research reveals an unexpected role for the gene in sustaining the adult blood-forming system, and opens novel strategies for targeting the gene, which is often involved in a type of childhood leukemia. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=938881 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:00:24 +0100 938881 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=938882&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2007_h2%2F07sep2007_corwin.shtml Treatment with a blood stimulator significantly reduced death, particularly in trauma patients admitted to the intensive care unit, according to results of a Dartmouth-led national trial. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=938882 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:47:59 +0100 938882 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=938883&cid=s_36477_148_f&fid=36477&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdms.dartmouth.edu%2Fnews%2F2007_h2%2F04sep2007_sargent.shtml Exposure to smoking in movies is not only likely to influence adolescents to start smoking, but it also appears to be closely associated with adolescents' risk of becoming established smokers, according to a new study by researchers at Dartmouth Medical School and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School) News at Dartmouth Medical School organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=938883 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:35:39 +0100 938883