In a study published in the February issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine, researchers from the Dartmouth Medical School and the Veterans Affairs Outcomes Group in White River Junction, Vt., questioned the usefulness of a test that guides decisions about the use of cholesterol-lowering medication. The study finds that the C-Reactive Protein test, which has received nationwide backing, should not be implemented. Through analysis of national data, the study discovered that the testing strategy, in addition to current cholesterol-based guidelines, would make over half of Americans over 35 and older eligible for cholesterol-lowering therapy. "A general population use of the test would identify millions of low-risk people, and we don't know if exposing them to cholesterol medications will do more good than harm," co-author of the study Lisa Schwartz, a professor of medicine at DMS, told Dartmouth's Office of Public Affairs.
Former United Nations ambassador and former chairman of the Rockefeller Center's board of visitors Jonathan Moore '54 will be a visiting fellow at the Dickey Center until the end of Spring term. Moore also served as Washington's past deputy secretary of state, special assistant to the secretary of defense, associate attorney general in the Justice Department, representative to the United Nations' Economic and Social Council and director of the Refugee Programs Bureau. He will work with students and faculty on topics related to U.S. foreign and domestic politics, including humanitarian intervention, post-conflict reconstruction and nation-building and the relationship between security and development. He will also research and write on the subject of morality and foreign policy.
Brown University embraced proposals made by its Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice and announced several new projects, such as the creation of 10 new fellowships, the Chronicle for Higher Education reported on Monday. Brown convened the steering committee to evaluate possible reparations stemming from the university's historic ties to the slave trade. One of the committee's primary recommendations involved the formation of a center on slavery and justice, though the university did not explicitly declare plans to create such a center. Instead, a 24-page response to the committee's recommendations that the college published on Saturday, said that the school would undertake "a major research and teaching initiative" which could take the form of a new center or an expansion of existing programs.
