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MEDIA ADVISORY: 2016 Ruesch Center Policy Briefing: Fighting a Smarter War on Cancer

WASHINGTON – The Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center hosts its 2016 Cancer Policy Briefing,, …

September 5, 2016

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Georgetown Medical Experts Available During Olympic Games

WASHINGTON -– Georgetown University Medical Center physicians and researchers are available to answer questions about medical topics related to…

August 4, 2016

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Collateral Harm: The Impact of Ebola and Related Fears on Facility-Based Child Deliveries

WASHINGTON -- The first known household survey examining the collateral harm to pregnancy services in areas affected by the West African Ebola epidemic suggests a significant…

July 31, 2016

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Zika Has Arrived, But is the U.S. Ready?

WASHINGTON –The Florida Department of Health, investigating non-travel related cases of Zika in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, has concluded “that a high…

July 29, 2016

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Switch from Observation Only to Active Treatment by Patients with Prostate Cancer Varies by Race and Ethnicity

NEW YORK, NY -- Assessment of clinical and nonclinical factors indicates that black men on active surveillance are more likely to pursue active treatment, according to a new…

July 29, 2016

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Resveratrol Appears to Restore Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity in Alzheimer’s Disease

TORONTO (July 27, 2016) — Resveratrol, given to Alzheimer’s patients, appears to restore the integrity of the blood-brain barrier, reducing the ability of harmful immune…

July 23, 2016

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More Evidence in Quest to Repurpose Cancer Drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease

TORONTO – An FDA approved drug to treat renal cell carcinoma appears to reduce levels of a toxic brain protein linked to dementia in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson&;…

July 23, 2016

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Public Health Benefits of E-cigarette Use Tend to Outweigh the Harms

A modeling study by top tobacco control experts finds that e-cigarettes are likely to provide public health benefits based on “conservative estimates” of the likely…

July 14, 2016

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Center for Child and Human Development Honors Renowned Pediatrician

Jack Shonkoff, MD, is the director of Harvard University’s Center on the Developing.…

July 14, 2016

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NEJM: “TBI’s Long-Term Follow-up — Slow Progress in Science and Recovery”

WASHINGTON – Eleven years ago in the New England Journal of Medicine, medical journalist Susan Okie, MD, first introduced readers to two U.S. Army veterans who suffered…

July 14, 2016