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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…

October 24, 2017

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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…

October 13, 2017

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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 &…

October 12, 2017

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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…

October 11, 2017

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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…

October 2, 2017

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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…

September 27, 2017

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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…

September 26, 2017

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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…

September 19, 2017

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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…

September 19, 2017

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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 …

September 18, 2017