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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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Georgetown University Launches Clinical Trial for Lewy Body Dementia
MEDIA CONTACT:(for members of the press only) Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu PATIENT INFORMATION:Joy Arellanomja6@gunet.georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (May 30, 2019) — Georgetown University Medical Center announces the launch of the only known therapeutic (disease modifying) clinical trial for Lewy body dementia, a neurological disorder that affects a million people in the United States for which there are no approved […]
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