Prof: biomarkers key to cancer care

CURIE KIM / The Dartmouth Identifying biological markers that indicate the most effective cancer treatments is central to improving patient care and lowering medical expenses, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine professor David Sidransky said in a lecture at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center on Thursday.

College expands presence in town

JOANNE NURSE / The Dartmouth Many Hanover residents, accustomed to the town's colorful storefronts and busy streets, likely would not wax nostalgic for the town as it was just 20 years ago, when the downtown area was populated with "tired, broken-down houses," Sonya Campbell, owner of Hanover True Value hardware store, told The Dartmouth this week. Much of the town's recent development has come at the hands of Dartmouth itself, Campbell, who has worked in Hanover for 33 years, said, recalling how various downtown Hanover properties were purchased and revitalized by the College. Dartmouth's planned Visual Arts Center, which is expected to be completed in fall 2011, will be the next step in the College's recent expansion into Hanover's downtown area. The College has owned property in Hanover since 1884, when it purchased the Hanover Inn.

Kadish executes Kim's vision

Soft-spoken Kadish has the College president's ear

Candidate highlights ways to reduce deficit

Early apps. increase by 3 percent

STEPHANIE HAN / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth received more than 1,600 early decision applications for the Class of 2014 a record high and 3 percent more than it received last year, according to Dean of Admissions Maria Laskaris.

Expert highlights health disparities

KEVIN XIAO / The Dartmouth The United States must take steps to address health care disparities between white and minority groups, Chidi Achebe DMS '96, the president and CEO of the Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center in Boston, said in a lecture in Chilcott Auditorium on Tuesday. While minority groups have made significant progress since the civil rights movement in the 1960s, many members of these groups still do not receive the same level of health care as non-Hispanic white Americans, Achebe said. Black males die more frequently of diseases that do not comparably affect the white population, Achebe said. "We are looking at third world pathologies that shouldn't have made their way to the first world countries," Achebe said. Achebe said that approximately 49 out of every 100,000 black men die of prostate cancer annually.

Gov.'s veto of marijuana bill upheld

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Number of influenza cases has stabilized

CURIE KIM / The Dartmouth The number of Dartmouth students with influenza-like illness has stabilized over the past three weeks, according to College Health Services director John Turco.