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Pharma Gifts to Providers Result in More Branded, Expensive Prescriptions
Research from Georgetown University Medical Center and George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health finds that gifts of any size from pharmaceutical companies affect the number and cost of prescriptions issued by physicians and other health care providers.
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Georgetown Study to Recruit Washington-area Children to Assess Probiotic to Prevent Diarrhea
A new multimillion dollar study at Georgetown University Medical Center will investigate whether a specific probiotic strain added to yogurt prevents diarrhea in children taking antibiotics for a common illness.
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Why Global Health Diplomacy Matters: Ambassador Jimmy Kolker on Lessons Learned from Recent Outbreaks
On Friday, October 13, Ambassador Jimmy Kolker, former assistant secretary for global affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, presents a seminar titled “Global Health Diplomacy and Security: Lessons Learned from the Ebola and Zika Outbreaks,” co-sponsored by Georgetown University’s Center for Global Health Science and Security and the Georgetown University Global Health Initiative.
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Global Health Leader Mark Dybul Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Mark Dybul, MD, professor of medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Dybul is faculty co-director of the Center for Global Health and Quality at Georgetown University Medical Center.
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NY State Medicaid Expansion Widened Racial Gap in Access to High-Quality Cancer Surgery
WASHINGTON — The 2001 New York State Medicaid expansion — what is considered a precursor to the Affordable Care (ACA) — widened the racial disparity gap when it came to access to high-quality hospitals for cancer surgery, according to a new study from Georgetown University.
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Global Health Leader Dr. Charles Holmes Joins Georgetown
Georgetown University Medical Center has named Charles B. Holmes, MD, MPH, as faculty co-director of its Center for Global Health and Quality. Holmes, an infectious disease physician, is a visiting associate professor of medicine at Georgetown’s School of Medicine.
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By Decoding How HPV Causes Cancer, Researchers Find a New Potential Treatment Strategy
A study that teases apart the biological mechanisms by which human papillomaviruses (HPV) cause cancer has found what researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center say is a new strategy that might provide targeted treatment for these cancers.
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Indoor Tanning Dependency Common in Young Women, Especially in Those With Depression
A survey of young, white women who have used indoor tanning at least once in the past year showed that more than one in five of them have signs of being addicted to the high dose of ultraviolet (UV) radiation from tanning beds. In addition, women with symptoms of depression were three times more likely to meet the criteria for having a tanning dependence.
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Two Agents Deliver Knockout Punches to Ewing Sarcoma
When combined with an already FDA-approved chemotherapy, a novel agent developed by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center appears to halt the ability of Ewing sarcoma to grow and progress.
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Former HHS Official Joins Georgetown School of Nursing & Health Studies
Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, FAAN, a former official with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), joins Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS) as a visiting Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Health Care.
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