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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…
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
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Life on the Wards
“The patient is a 47 year old with metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma locally invading the stomach, pancreas, and left adrenal gland who came to the hospital…
February 11, 2014
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Touch, Empower, Encourage, Inspire
Adeeb Barqawi uses the metaphor of a birdcage to explain why this recent graduate from Georgetown University Medical Center is waiting two years before he attends medical school.…
February 11, 2014