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  • AcademyHealth President and CEO Speaks on Health Policy

    A nationally recognized health policy researcher came to Georgetown University Feb. 29 to address students, faculty, and staff. Lisa Simpson, MB, BCh, MPH, FAAP, president and CEO of AcademyHealth, sp

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  • Gene With A Thousand Faces

    Can a single human gene be responsible for some forms of human obesity and mental retardation, not to mention mood disorders and, possibly, the brain devastation seen in Huntington’s and Fragile X dis

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  • Research: An Antidote to GI Cancers

    Crucial to life but also a hideout for deadly cancers, the gastrointestinal system includes vital organs such as the stomach, colon, pancreas, liver, bile ducts and gall bladder. Georgetown researcher

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  • Gaining Human Insight Via A Book Club

    Few doctors in the middle of a fellowship make time to read any book besides a textbook. Which is why Bruce Cheson, M.D., suggests they set aside their usual reading material and join his new “book cl

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  • NHS Student Wins AAHD Scholarship

    A Georgetown undergraduate recently won a competitive American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) scholarship. Nancy Oduro (NHS’13), a health care management & policy major at the School of N

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  • Transforming Medical Education

    At the inaugural Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) - MedStar Georgetown University Hospital medical education ground rounds on February 9, 2012, Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., president and CEO of

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  • Students Teach Anatomy

    Last spring, Carlos Suarez-Quian, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, received an e-mail from Deepak Kumar, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the

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  • Some Men Lack Receptor for Snuggling, Scientists Say

    If your husband doesn’t want to snuggle with you on Valentine’s Day, blame science – a Georgetown researcher says many men have a brain receptor that doesn’t bind well to the “snuggling hormone.” “For

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  • Newborn Welcoming Committee

    Week 7, Third Year. Time to transition from a pediatric outpatient experience to Labor and Delivery (L&D). Of all the clerkships awaiting me during my third year of medical school, OB/GYN is probably

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  • A Novel Approach to Addiction Treatment

    Heroin addicts will seek treatment if the process is accessible, convenient, affordable, welcoming, and efficient, says Richard Schottenfeld, M.D., professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine.

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