In a decision that may impact many colleges and universities, facilities that perform research on animals will now be required to release more information about experiments that may have caused animal subjects pain and distress, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. The new requirements are the result of a court settlement reached last week between the Department of Agriculture, which is responsible for the oversight of such facilities, and the Humane Society, an animal rights advocacy organization which had sued the department claiming it violated the Freedom of Information Act by not providing such data, The Chronicle reported.
Greg Prazar, an adjunct professor of pediatrics at Dartmouth Medical School, has been named New Hampshire's Pediatrician of the Year by the New Hampshire Pediatric Society, according to the Seacoast Online. Prazar is also a practicing primary care pediatrician at Core Physicians' Exeter Pediatric Associates. Prazar was recognized in part because of his work propagating the medical home model, a system of care designed to help seriously ill or developmentally disabled children receive continuous care, Seacoast Online reported. Prazar received an undergraduate degree from the College of Wooster in 1968 and graduated from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine in 1972, according to the Dartmouth Medical School web site.
A research team at Dartmouth Medical School investigating the effects of popular culture on adolescent behavior has found evidence that seeing movie characters who smoke affects teenagers' willingness to try cigarettes, regardless of whether the characters are portrayed in a positive or negative light, according to a statement released by the researchers. Regardless of a teen's "risk level," or their perceived susceptibility to smoking cigarettes based on past behavior and family background, exposure to movie and television characters who smoke has a clear impact on his or her decision to try smoking, Susan Tanski, lead researcher for the study and an assistant professor of pediatrics at Dartmouth Medical School, said in the statement.
