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Let’s “Get Smart About Antibiotics” Week
The discovery of antibiotics remains one of the most important medical advances to date, but overuse and inappropriate use of antibiotics has led to many infections becoming…
November 11, 2016
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Volunteers Needed to Evaluate Sesame Street’s Autism Initiative
Parents of children with autism under the age of six are invited to participate in a new study designed to evaluate “Sesame Street and Autism: See Amazing in All.&#…
November 11, 2016
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GUMC Selects Global Health Champion Roger I. Glass as Recipient of Highest Award
Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) will honor Roger I. Glass, MD, PhD, with the 2016 Cura Personalis Award at its Ninth Annual GUMC Convocation on Thursday, Nov. 17.…
November 11, 2016
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Study: Graphic Pictures On Cigarette Packs Would Significantly Reduce Smoking Death Rate
Using prominent, graphic pictures on cigarette packs warning against smoking could avert more than 652,000 deaths, up to 92,000 low birth weight infants, up to 145,000 preterm…
October 28, 2016
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Could Minority-serving Hospitals Be Unfairly Penalized by CMS for Readmissions?
A new probe into why colorectal surgery patients end up back in the hospital after surgery suggests that it has less to do with the hospital or treatment received but rather more…
October 24, 2016
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STATEMENT: The National Action Partnership to Promote Safe Sleep on Revised AAP Safe Sleeping Recommendations
The Steering Committee of the National Action Partnership to Promote Safe Sleep (NAPPSS) is encouraged by the new American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) “SIDS and Other-…
October 21, 2016
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Safe Sleep and Breastfeeding Advocates Come Together in NAPPSS
In recent years, recommendations for breast feeding and safe sleep for infants have led to enormous challenges in moving from recommendations to action that benefit infant. …
October 20, 2016
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Capital Breast Care Center Hosts Annual Gift of Life Breakfast
Capital Breast Care Center (CBCC), a community-based program of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities…
October 7, 2016
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Georgetown Researchers Describe Method to Study Real Time Cancer Invasion
A research team at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has described the steps, in both written and video format, that allow cancer investigators to track, in real…
October 7, 2016
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A Common Nerve Protein Elevated in Aggressive Neuroblastomas
A protein produced by nerve cells appears to be elevated in the blood of those with an aggressive form of neuroblastoma. The finding, published online October 12 in the American…
October 6, 2016