Dartmouth Community Medical School

Decisions, Decisions. Making Informed Health Care Choices. (Spring 2004)

New Hampshire Public Television is pleased to offer the following educational sessions as a service to our viewers, via video streaming. Click on the links below to view a particular session.

What's My Risk? What Are My Options?
Evaluating your personal health risks and making good decisions.
Speakers: George L. Wolford, PhD; Lisa Schwartz, MD; Steven Woloshin, MD.
» Part 1 | » Part 2

Fountains of Youth?
Hormonal treatments for menopause, andropause (men), and somatopause (metabolic slowdown).
Speakers: Leslie R. Demars, MD; Ajay K. Nangia, MD; John H. Turco, MD.
» Part 1 | » Part 2

Case Study #1: Prostate Cancer
Making decisions and screening and treatment.
Speakers: John A. Heaney, MBBCh; Marc S. Ernstoff MD; Charles C. Rogers, MD; David J. Gladstone, ScD.
» Part 1 | » Part 2

Case Study#2: Breast Cancer
Making decisions about screening and treatment.
Speakers: Steven P. Poplack, MD; E. Dale Collins, MD; Gary N. Schwarz, MD; Kelly J. Underhill, MD.
» Part 1 | » Part 2

Who Puts the "Convention" in Conventional Wisdom?
A discussion of where medical advice comes from as well as how clinical research is performed and evaluated.
Speakers: H. Gilbert Welch, MD, MPH; Brenda Sirovich, MD.
» Part 1 | » Part 2

Hot Issues: Diabetes, Diet & Bariatric Surgery
the latest on diabetes and strategies for weight control.
Speakers: Richard J.comi, MD; Marcia Herrin, EdD; Maureen T. Quigley, MSN.
» Part 1 | » Part 2

Is More Healthcare Better Healthcare?
The relationship between the individual and society in healthcare today.
Speaker: Eliot S. Fisher, MD.
» Part 1 | » Part 2