Last weekend, in a panel discussion hosted by the Zen Practice Group on Buddhism and Medicine, four panelists spoke on the topic of Tibetan medicine and the push to Westernize this traditional Eastern approach to medicine. Continue reading
John Kennedy, a Dartmouth Medical School alumnus and cardiologist , discussed the topic of his book, The 15 Minute Heart Cure: The Natural Way to Release Stress and Heal Your Heart in Just Minutes a Day, last Tuesday, April 13th , as part of the Dartmouth Medical School Bridging Program. Kennedy discussed the negative effects of stress on the heart as well as his BREATHE technique to combat stress. Continue reading
Dartmouth Medical School’s Chair and Professor of Biochemistry Charles Barlowe recently discovered that Ye1p and Ye3p yeast proteins interact with the ER translocation apparatus and are required for inositol prototrophy. The findings were recently published in Journal of Biological Chemistry. Continue reading
Dartmouth Medical School Professors of Microbiology and Immunology William Wade and George O’Toole recently proposed that Gram-negative bacteria can recognize antibodies and immune effectors in their hosts, allowing the bacteria to modulate their phenotypes and virulence accordingly. Their work was recently published in Trends in Microbiology. Continue reading
Professor Latanya Sweeney of Carnegie Mellon University spoke about the trustworthy designs for the Nationwide Health Information Network last Friday. Sweeney encouraged the audience to harness “the power of running the world that [they] really have.” Continue reading