An Uphill Battle
Toxic pollution from mining. Indiscrimate antibiotic use. Scarce health-care resources. These problems and more are drawing people with Dartmouth ties to Nicaragua.
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It won't be easy, of course, but after building Trojan horses, this team should be ready for the odyssey of clinical trials.
Highlights in this issue
In the 1800s, childbirth was often fraught with fear and death rather than joy. But growing knowledge eventually brought the epidemic of maternal and infant mortality under control.
Study shows benefits from palliative care
Marie Bakitas, D.N.Sc., has long believed that palliative care improves the lives of patients; now she has the data—published in the Journal of the American Medical Association—to prove it.
Anticancer strategy is stuff of legend
DMS scientists recently found a way to reprogram certain cells of the immune system, creating what they describe as "Trojan horses." The odyssey of clinical trials now lies ahead.
A high-tech solution to drug counterfeiting
A Dartmouth graduate student has devised a way to circumvent the massive fake drug industry—a particular problem in the developing world. It's based on ordinary cell phones.
Web-Extras
An Uphill Battle
Ten years ago, Dr. James Saunders, a DHMC otolaryngologist, founded Mayflower Medical Outreach, a nonprofit organization that provides hearing-related health services in Nicaragua.
Sculpting Ears
I linger outside a large auditorium at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center as I wait for the midday session to begin. I have decided to attend part of the biennial Radford C. Tanzer Plastic Surgery Symposium.
Chronic Exposure to Arsenic
Arsenic has long been known to be toxic at high doses. But researchers have found that long-term exposure to low doses of arsenic also poses serious health risks.
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