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‘Friends of Colin’ Donates $20,000 Towards Ewing Sarcoma Research at Georgetown Lombardi
People might be surprised to discover that a $20,000 donation to Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is the work of three teenagers.
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GUMC Professor Sits as Judge For National Science Competition
Each year, nearly 2,000 high school students compete in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search (STS) with the hopes of being selected as one of the top 40 competitors. But if you’re out of high school, the next best honor is to be selected as one of 13 judges. This year, one of Georgetown University Medical Center’s very own landed one of the coveted judging spots for the 2015 competition.
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Georgetown Doctors Discuss Approaches to Depression
Although everyone experiences periods of sadness, most people manage to climb out of these states over time. However, as many as one in 10 Americans struggle with major depressive disorder, facing crippling effects that can include not just physically debilitating symptoms but also social and economic repercussions.
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Exposure to Disabilities Enriches Medical Education
For Georgetown family medicine physician Kim Bullock, MD, healing is about more than what takes place during a doctor’s visit.
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Obama Salutes Georgetown Leadership on University Charter Anniversary
The President of the United States paid tribute to the university’s 200th anniversary of its charter today with a message lauding the impact Georgetown graduates have made in this country and around the world.
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Patients Drive Support Of Parkinson’s Fellowship Program
March 2, 2015 — Twelve years ago, Rick Schena, a United Airlines pilot, felt something amiss in the body he has always been so in tune with — the onset of tremors, some rigidity, and issues with processing vision. Six years ago he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. This was devastating to the speed junkie who […]
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Alzheimer’s Risk Genes Linked to Changes in Young, Healthy Brains
Conventional wisdom might indicate that bigger brains and enhanced memory performance in youth should help protect against the cognitive declines seen decades later in Alzheimer’s disease. Yet for two Georgetown University scientists, recent research appears to suggest the opposite.
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Public Health Experts Explore Patients’ Genetic Testing Motives
When to test. That is the question that many young women face when their mothers or sisters—or both—have a hereditary BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation that substantially increases their risk of breast and ovarian cancer.
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Researchers Explore Unique Attitudes Towards Cancer Care in Asian Populations
While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, broadening communication channels between caregivers and patients is an essential component to navigating the different cultural beliefs and attitudes towards the medical system among many people of Asian descent.
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Georgetown-led Group Recommends Policy Changes Regarding Sex Diversity in Research
A diverse group of experts from academia, industry and advocacy convened by a Georgetown researcher is offering recommendations to the National Institutes of Health regarding how to address the overreliance of male cells and animals used in preclinical studies.
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