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Georgetown Technique Using Urine Suggests Individualized Bladder Cancer Treatment Possible

July 25, 2019

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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…

July 19, 2019

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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,…

July 17, 2019

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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…

July 11, 2019

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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…

June 20, 2019

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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…

June 14, 2019

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Indoor Tanning May Be an Addiction Abetted by Both Genetic and Psychiatric Factors

June 11, 2019

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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…

June 4, 2019

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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…

June 4, 2019

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Significant ‘Knowledge Gap’ Exists in Use of Genetic Testing to Decide Cancer Treatment

May 30, 2019