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| September 26, 2008 | |
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Via the Virtual Space Station: Self-guided, Computer-based Depression Treatment
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. |
| September 18, 2008 | |
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It Takes a Neighborhood:
Creating the Structure for the Medical Home 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. |
| September 10, 2008 | |
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Colon Cancer Prevention Trial, led by Dartmouth, Receives More Funding
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. |
| September 9, 2008 | |
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National Health Workforce Planning Needed, Says DMS Doctor
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. |
| August 15, 2008 | |
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DMS Expert Urges New Guidelines for Taking Donor Organs
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. |
| August 8, 2008 | |
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New DMS Academic Affairs Dean Appointed
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. |
| August 4, 2008 | |
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Dartmouth Researchers Say Too Many Children See Extreme Violence in Movies
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. |
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