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Optimism, with Dash of Whimsy, Keeps Patient Smiling Through Tough Times
People dealing with a major illness, death or other personal loss are often told they might expect to experience the so-called five stages of grief, beginning with denial. According to this theory, kn
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Hope to Harness Brain’s Power to Repair Itself
What makes us laugh or cry? How do we solve a problem? How do we recall what we’ve learned? How do we breathe and blink without giving it a thought? What triggers dreams and sleep? How, basically, do
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Ruesch Symposium Seeks ‘Common Threads’ Around Clinical Trials
For researchers, the benefits of enrolling patients on clinical trials are evident: more participants leads to more robust trials and richer data, and these data then inform and improve tomorrow’s tre
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A Model to Reduce Health Disparities
Phyllis Magrab, PhD, has administered many grants, large and small — she is an expert at keeping the parts of studies and centers moving together and efficiently flowing in both vision and outcome. Bu
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iPad in Hand, Librarian Joins Rounds
Physicians often wish they could carry a medical library around with them when visiting hospitalized patients. Medicine is complex and ever advancing — each specialty has dozens of journals and public
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Fixing a Disparity in Autism Screening
Pediatricians and family physicians have long been used to treating their young patients’ bouts with flu and infections, and struggles with asthma and other chronic diseases. But, more and more, paren
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Partners in Research: Front-Row Participants in Discovery
On an apple-crisp fall morning, several men and women gathered at a campus conference center configured like a classroom. Soon, scientists take turns at the podium, show slides and dive into plain-sp
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Answering a Community’s Call
Lucile Adams-Campbell, Ph.D., is matter-of-fact when it comes to the cancer mortality rate in Washington, D.C. Not only is it unacceptable to have one of the highest mortality rates in the nation, but
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Georgetown University Medical Center Presents Top Honor to John Ruffin
Georgetown University Medical Center will confer its highest honor, the Cura Personalis Award, on John Ruffin, Ph.D., director the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. The Cur
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Giving spirit links football, cancer research at Lombardi Gala
The professional football community lent a powerful voice to the fight against cancer at the 26th Annual Lombardi Gala, energizing the more than 850 supporters who gathered for the event. The Gala, he
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