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Acupuncture Reduces Stress Protein
Ladan Eshkevari, Ph.D., C.R.N.A., L.Ac., has been told so many times by her patients that the acupuncture she gives them relieves stress that she decided to put all that good feeling to a rigorous sci
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Nicotine May Slow Mild Memory Loss
Scientific studies have shown nicotine improves focus and concentration. So it makes sense that older individuals with diagnosed memory issues might also gain benefit from use of nicotine, the brain s
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Alum Studies Brain Basis for Disorders
Depression, anxiety and autism may have more to do with interactions between specific brain structures than dysfunction or disease in one area of the brain, Georgetown researchers say. Jackie DesJard
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Team Georgetown Joins Scope It Out 5K to Raise Awareness of Colon Cancer
Faculty and staff from Georgetown University and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, along with patients and family members, will come together as Team Georgetown to raise funds to support colon cancer advocacy research at the ninth annual Scope it Out 5K on March 23.
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Georgetown Professor Elected to Leadership Board of AAMC
A Georgetown School of Medicine professor has been elected to the inaugural administrative board of the newly constituted Council of Faculty and Academic Societies (CFAS) of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
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Dynamic Interdisciplinary Session Brings Together GUMC Students
A recent session brought together 360 students from across Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) for a day of interprofessional education, development, and team-building.
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MGUH Achieves Third Consecutive Magnet Designation
For the third consecutive time, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (MGUH) has been designated as a Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)—the highest accolade a hospital nursing system can achieve.
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Fostering a Community of Neuroscientists
The Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience (IPN) at Georgetown may have a unique view on how future brain scientists should be trained, but one thing sets the program far apart – a softball team, a
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Music-Minds Meld to Advance Neuroscience
Uplifting Latin music and the promising potential of medical science to repair the mind melded at Washington’s Kennedy Center where members of the Georgetown University Medical Center community gather
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Music for the Mind Supports New Science
Mark and Jeanne Shriver told their children that they were going to speak at a party and concert at the Kennedy Center to raise money to help people suffering from brain diseases like the Alzheimer’s
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