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Spring 2006
@Dartmouth Medical is a quarterly headline news service to enhance your connection with the endeavors and activities of the Dartmouth Medical Community, past, present and future.
| WHAT'S HAPPENING AT DMS |
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DMS Match Day Results |
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Dartmouth researchers test new technique to examine breast tissue |
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Researchers Advocate Caution when Disseminating and Adopting Treatment Based on Preliminary Medical Research |
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Bone Marrow Transplant Program Receives Prestigious FACT Accreditation |
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Friends of Norris Cotton Cancer Center board member Robert Gilmore to lobby in D.C. for cancer research |
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Dartmouth prepares for flu outbreak |
| FROM THE DEAN |
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Lifelong Learning |
| HEADLINERS |
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Dr. Mark Israel, Director of Norris Cotton Cancer Center, and Dr. Ethan Dmitrovsky, Chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, discuss the dangers decreased federal funding poses for cancer research on NHPR. |
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Dr. James Weinstein, Chair of Orthopaedics, discusses back pain treatment options on NPR's Morning Edition. |
| DID YOU KNOW? |
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Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Antonia C. Novello is keynote speaker for DMS Class Day, June 10, 2006 |
| ALUMNI FOCUS |
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Dr. Sarah Donaldson, DMS '66: Opening Doors for Medical Students |
| BENCHMARKS |
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New Study Shows Need for a Major Overhaul of How United States Manages Chronic Illness |
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Increase in Thyroid Cancer in U.S. Attributed to Improved Early Detection |
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Telephone Proves Valuable Tool in Increasing Cancer Screening Rates |
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Researchers Link Human Papillomavirus (HPV) to Common Skin Cancer |
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DMS/Stanford University Study Reveals That Doctors Widely Prescribe Drugs For Uses Not Approved by the FDA |
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Brain Study Considers Motor Function, Cognition with Alcohol Consumption |
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Alcohol-Branded Merchandise Associated with Early Teen Drinking |
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Efficiency, Not More Doctors, is the Prescription for Aging Population: Dartmouth Research Challenges Calls for Increases in Physician Workforce |
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Dartmouth Study Finds How the Brain Interprets the Intent of Others |
| TRANSFORMING MEDICINE |
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Transforming Medicine Campaign Tops $124 Million |
| FROM THE ALUMNI COUNCIL PRESIDENT |
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The President's Corner |
| VOLUNTEERS ON THE RISE |
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Dr. Ken Sands, DMS '87: A 'Quality' Career in Health Care |
| KUDOS |
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Two Young DMS Researchers Awarded by the American Physiological Society |
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James W. Varnum Receives AHA Award |
| MARK YOUR CALENDAR |
| A complete list of upcoming events and reunions for DMS alumni |
| SUPPORT THE FUND FOR DMS |
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