Dartmouth researchers find where musical memories are stored in the brain
HANOVER, NH A group of Dartmouth researchers has learned that the brain's auditory cortex, the part that handles information from your ears, holds on to musical memories. ......In a study titled "Sound of silence activates auditory cortex" published in the March 10 issue of Nature, the Dartmouth team found that if people are listening to music that is familiar, they mentally call upon auditory...Dartmouth awarded $21.8 million NSF grant
An interdisciplinary group led by Dartmouth researcher Michael Gazzaniga has received a $21.8 million National Science Foundation grant to establish the Center for Cognitive and Educational Neuroscience (CCEN), as part of NSF's new Science and Learning Center (SLC) initiative. Researchers and students involved in the CCEN will work to understand the brain mechanisms of learning as well as build c...Dartmouth Medical School receives $1.6 million in AIDS funding
HANOVER, NH -- A national foundation with a mission of supporting programs for children with AIDS made its final grant on Wednesday World AIDS Day with the distribution of $1.6 million to the section of Infectious Disease and International Health at Dartmouth Medical School and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. ...... The money will go to the DARDAR project, a collaboration between Dartmouth...Dartmouth study suggests caution against using certain drugs to unclog heart arteries
HANOVER, NH Dartmouth Medical School cardiology researchers have discovered a new mechanism for what drives the growth of muscle tissue in the lining of injured heart vessels that can eventually lead to blockage. Their study, reported in the October 19 issue of the journal , raises important questions about the use of drugs that promote or prevent angiogenesis - the formation of blood vessels -...Dartmouth researchers advance fight against pancreatic cancer
LEBANON, NH -- Two Dartmouth medical studies have produced promising results in the fight against pancreatic cancer, one of the most deadly and aggressive forms of cancer, and may lead to the development of new, highly targeted therapies to manage previously untreatable tumors. ......In two trials targeting some of the most challenging traits of pancreatic tumor cell growth, researchers from Dart...Gender and geography increase racial disparities in health care, Dartmouth study shows
LEBANON, NH -- Past studies have shown racial disparities in health care treatment around the U.S., but new Dartmouth research published in the October 2nd edition of the New England Journal of Medicine shows that the disparities are even larger when geography and gender are added to the equation.... ...Looking at the most commonly performed joint replacement surgery - total knee replacements - r...Dartmouth/VA study questions screening priorities of prostate and colon cancer
HANOVER, NH Cancer screening practices do not always follow scientific evidence, a Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) study shows. ...... Researchers found that a significantly higher percentage of men are screened for prostate cancer than for colorectal cancer, despite the fact that prostate screening has not been proven to reduce prostate cancer deaths while colorectal screening can substantially...Dartmouth researcher Michael B. Sporn, M.D. honored for pioneering work in cancer prevention
Hanover, NH - Michael B. Sporn, M.D., the pioneering Dartmouth cancer researcher who championed the idea of stopping cancer before it starts, has been selected by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and the Cancer Research Foundation of America (CRFA) to receive the inaugural award for Excellence in Cancer Prevention Research. ......The international award recognizes the individua...Dartmouth/VA researchers examine news coverage of breast cancer prevention
Hanover, NH Dartmouth researchers report how major US media covered the potential benefits and harms of two breast cancer preventive strategies and, in doing so, raise questions about how well the press covers medical issues in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), June 19.... ...Lisa Schwartz, MD, and Steven Woloshin, MD, of Dartmouth Medical School's Center for the Evaluative...Dartmouth researchers question use of tobacco funds
HANOVER, NH Dartmouth Medical School and Veterans Affairs physicians criticize the $10 million research program financed mainly by New Yorks tobacco settlement fund in The Lancet June 15. The program investigates whether spiral computed tomography (CT) could be used for effective lung cancer screening. ...... Drs. Steven Woloshin, Lisa Schwartz and H. Gilbert Welch, Dartmouth Medical School, Whi...Dartmouth team finds uneven relationship between newborn intensive care and death rates
Hanover, NH The prevailing wisdom that more physician specialists and hospital specialty services are always better for patients is challenged by Dartmouth Medical School researchers who studied regional differences in newborn intensive care. ...Their study, published May 16 in The New England Journal of Medicine, documents a wide regional disparity in the availability of newborn specialists an...Dartmouth hosts International Ewing's Sarcoma Symposium
Hanover, N.H. From April 21-23, Dartmouth will host cancer specialists from around the world to discuss the second most common type of bone cancer, Ewing's sarcoma. At this 2nd International Symposium dedicated to this topic, researchers will share the latest news about the disease itself, how it's detected, and the options for treatment. ...... Dartmouth Medical Schools Norris Cotton Cancer Ce...Dartmouth research examines the value of cancer screening
HANOVER, NH As people consider the merits or drawbacks of cancer screening, a Dartmouth Medical School study weighs in with some new observations, based on a statistical analysis of past trials, that may help put cancer screening in better perspective. ... The conventional way deaths were classified may have caused misclassifications that biased study results in favor of screening, Dartmouth re...Hanover, NH A team of Dartmouth Medical School researchers has completed the first study of the neonatal workforce since 1983 to determine the geographic distribution of neonatologists in the United Sates. Their results, reported in the July/August issue of Effective Clinical Practice, lay the groundwork for understanding whether neonatal intensive care resources are located in accordance with ri...For-profit hospital ownership means higher costs, Dartmouth-VA study finds
...HANOVER, NH - Medicare costs are higher in areas served by for-profit hospitals...than in those served by non-profit hospitals, according to a national study by...researchers at Dartmouth and White River Junction (Vermont) Veterans Affairs...Medical Center. ... ...The comprehensive analysis, reported in the August 5 New England Journal of...Medicine, is the first to examine the association be...Dartmouth researchers urge caution in communicating results to public
...Responsible reporting of medical research poses challenges for both journals and...journalists to avoid misunderstandings that affect news coverage, say Dartmouth...Medical School physicians. ... ...Writing in the July 22 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, they urge...both the research and the media communities to anticipate confusion and consider...the impact of their messages on...