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So, it’s Hot. Do Heat Warnings about Health Apply to Me?
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON (July 19, 2019) — It’s hot! For many young, active folks, the warnings about taking care in the heat might sound overblown. But for very young children, people with chronic illnesses and older folks, excessive heat can lead to problems quickly. With the excessive heat watches and warning […]
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Global Health Security, Law Experts Express Relief After WHO Declares DRC Ebola Outbreak a PHEIC
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON (July 17, 2019) – Today, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on the recommendation of the Emergency Committee, declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). This 4th meeting of the WHO Emergency Committee meeting on […]
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Facial Plastic Surgery in Men Enhances Perception of Attractiveness, Trustworthiness
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (July 11, 2019) — In the first of a kind study, plastic surgeons at Georgetown University Medical Center found that when a man chose to have a nip or a tuck on his face, it significantly increased perceptions of attractiveness, likeability, social skills or trustworthiness. The study, published in JAMA Facial […]
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Nursing Home Care Cost Significantly Outpaces General Inflation and Medical Care Prices
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (June 20, 2019) — One of the largest studies on out-of-pocket costs for nursing home care finds prices are high and rising faster than other medical care and consumer prices, reports a team of health policy researchers. Their study, published in Medical Care Research and Review, reviews nursing home prices in […]
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Global Health Law, Policy Expert Says WHO May Need to Establish New Level of Public Health Emergency for Regional Outbreaks
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (June 14, 2019) — Today, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on the recommendation of the Emergency Committee, declined to declare the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Global health legal and policy expert Alexandra Phelan, SJD, LLM, LLB […]
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Indoor Tanning May Be an Addiction Abetted by Both Genetic and Psychiatric Factors
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Researchers Find Labels of U.S. Probiotic Products Lacking
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (June 4, 2019) — When it comes to buying probiotics, many product labels do not give consumers enough information to make an informed decision, according to a research team led by Georgetown University Medical Center. In their study, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, investigators found that of 93 […]
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Clinical Trial for Men With Osteoporosis Now Open for Volunteers
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (June 4, 2019) — Enrollment in a clinical trial testing a new treatment for men with osteoporosis is now open at Georgetown University Medical Center. Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease characterized by low bone mass and deterioration of bone tissue (brittle bones) that makes bones more fragile and likely to […]
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Significant ‘Knowledge Gap’ Exists in Use of Genetic Testing to Decide Cancer Treatment
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Patient Groups Untested in Cancer Immunotherapy Trials Found to Also Benefit
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