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Exploring Both Sides of the Cancer Coin
Anton Wellstein, M.D., Ph.D., knows that biology doesn’t care about the silos that have traditionally been built between medical disciplines. That’s why Wellstein,…
February 4, 2014
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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…
February 4, 2014
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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…
February 4, 2014
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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…
February 4, 2014
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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…
February 3, 2014
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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…
February 3, 2014
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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.…
January 30, 2014
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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)—…
January 30, 2014
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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…
January 28, 2014
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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…
January 28, 2014