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Solving the Mystery of Gulf War illness
For more than two decades, Ronald Brown has been trying to tell his story — one that likely mirrors the experience of as many as 250,000 veterans of Operation Desert Storm, the 1990-1991 Gulf War. Bro
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Edmund D. Pellegrino 1920-2013
One of the most prominent founders of the field of bioethics and a longtime professor and professor emeritus at Georgetown passed away June 13 at the age of 92. Dr. Edmund D. Pellegrino, who would ha
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Questioning Assumptions about Dyslexia
Guinevere Eden, PhD, learns a lot about dyslexia by proving what it isn’t. Two recent studies she led challenge popular notions about the reading disorder, underscoring the complexity of what is belie
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UV Abuse as an Addictive Habit
Darren Mays hesitates and laughs, a bit sheepishly, in admitting that he has partaken in the addictive behavior he is now set to study. No, it’s not drug or alcohol or tobacco use — subjects that he s
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A Profound Commitment to Students
There is a reason why Aykut Üren, MD, has won a teaching award every year since 2008, the year after he began teaching gross anatomy to first-year medical students at the Georgetown School of Medicine
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Students Come Back Changed
Steven Andelman never expected to be so wowed by the medicine he saw practiced in Ecuador. Physicians at the Hospital Eugenio Espejo in Quito — a large tertiary care center that cares for Ecuador’s po
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A Medical Career Providing for Others
Given his resume, one would think that Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, MD, carefully planned his meteoric career. He rose from a consultant physician in Newcastle, England, to chairman of the National
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Survey Tool Gauges Patient Treatment Preferences for Late-stage Cancer
With the vast arsenal of cancer treatments available now compared to just a few decades ago, one might assume that any patient would want to deploy any available option – that choosing to slow or ceas
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A New Mission: Educating the Educators
Aviad Haramati, PhD, would like to pose a very simple question to educators at Georgetown University Medical Center: “How many of you were hired for your teaching skills?” He predicts few hands would
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Capital Breast Care Center: Bringing Cura Personalis to the Community
The lump. So many women fear finding one and having to face a biopsy, diagnosis, possibly surgery and treatment—each unwelcome thought followed by an even scarier one. For most women, these fears will
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