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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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Georgetown Doctors and Lawyers Discuss District’s New Medical-Legal Partnership
How can a new medical-legal partnership make a difference in health disparities in the District and beyond? Directors of the new Georgetown University Health Justice Alliance explain the new partnership – which now offers services at the city’s largest homeless shelter and Anacostia High School’s health center – during a panel discussion, Wednesday, Sept. 13 at Georgetown.
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Georgetown Hosts Global Health Security Expert Beth Cameron
Georgetown University’s Center for Global Health Science and Security and the Georgetown Global Health Initiative welcome back to campus Dr. Beth Cameron, former senior director for global health security and biodefense in the Obama administration’s White House National Security Council.
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Georgetown Develops Tool to Help Countries Calculate Costs for Developing Health Capacities
Georgetown University’s Center for Global Health Science and Security announces the launch of a free, web-based tool that allows national leaders to calculate costs of developing the capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to public health threats.
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Tobacco Smokers Could Gain 86 Million Years of Life if they Switch to Vaping, Study Finds
Up to 6.6 million cigarette smokers will live substantially longer if cigarette smoking is replaced by vaping over a ten-year period, calculates a research team led by investigators from Georgetown Lombardi Cancer Center. In all, cigarette smokers who switch to e-cigarettes could live 86.7 million more years with policies that encourage cigarette smokers to switch completely to e-cigarettes.
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If Your Child is Bilingual, Learning Additional Languages Later Might be Easier
It is often claimed that bilinguals are better than monolinguals at learning languages. Now, the first study to examine bilingual and monolingual brains as they learn an additional language offers new evidence that supports this hypothesis, researchers say.
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E-Cigarettes Can Help Smokers Quit, But There’s a Catch
Frequent e-cigarette use does help smokers quit — a finding that Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers say supports the use of e-cigarettes as a cessation aid for those trying to quit cigarette smoking. But, they note, an examination of a recent national survey uncovers important clues about who’s successful at quitting and why.
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Georgetown University School of Medicine Celebrates 40th Anniversary of GEMS
Georgetown University School of Medicine is marking four decades of its Georgetown Experimental Medical Studies (GEMS), a one-year, non-degree, post-baccalaureate program for disadvantaged students interested in pursuing a career in medicine, with the 40th Anniversary GEMS Gala, Thursday, July 20 at the Fairmont Hotel.
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