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Summer Profile Series: Kanouse Interns at NJ Hospital

Earlier this summer, human science major Andrew Kanouse (NHS’14) interned at the Overlook Medical Center in Summit, NJ where he participated in the Overlook Summer…

February 11, 2014

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Harvey’s “Greatest Hits” of Heart Sounds Now Online

Even after his death, the late W. Proctor Harvey, M.D., continues to teach the importance of a physician’s human touch and practice at the bedside. A unique textbook that…

February 11, 2014

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Professor Who Revolutionized Radiology Dies At 86

Emeritus professor who created the first whole-body CT scanner that revolutionized the practice of radiology passed away on July 24. Robert S. Ledley, who pioneered the use of…

February 11, 2014

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To Cherish a Different Way of Thinking

Rachel Wurzman has spent much of her life trying to figure out, as she says, “what makes her tic.” And she plans to devote her career to it. Wurzman, a fourth year student in the…

February 11, 2014

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NHS Alumna Focuses on Health Policy, Public Health

Erika Rogan (NHS’06) says the School of Nursing & Health Studies gave her a solid academic foundation in various elements that make up the health care field. The young…

February 11, 2014

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Celebrating Life and Health for 14 Years, One Woman at a Time

Holding up the plastic model of a female torso, Georgeen Newland stands comfortably in front of two dozen women seated in a circle at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer…

February 11, 2014

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Ambassador Addresses HIV/AIDS Research Conference

China has greatly stepped up its response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic during the past decade, said Ambassador Eric Goosby, MD, who oversees implementation of the U.S. President&…

February 11, 2014

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HIV Reveals General Theory of Dementia

It was a puzzle. Individuals infected with HIV who also were known to abuse drugs such as cocaine and morphine were developing the telltale signs of dementia — even though…

February 11, 2014

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Food For Thought

The basis of all brain functions such as learning, memory, planning, organization, attention, reaction time, and emotions, involve tiny electrical impulses and chemical signals…

February 11, 2014

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Newport Leads New Brain Center

Some plastic things are more, well, “plastic” than other plastic things. Take nylon, which flows, bending freely. Polycarbonate – the stuff in eyeglasses &…

February 11, 2014