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NFLPA’S One Team for the Cure Shirts Back for 2015 Benefiting Georgetown Lombardi
WASHINGTON – One Team For The Cure shirts benefiting the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington, D.C. are now on sale online through One Team Shop (www.oneteamshop.com), the NFLPA’s e-commerce store featuring officially licensed player merchandise of more than 1,800 NFL players.
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Neuroscientists Uncover Brain Abnormalities Responsible for Tinnitus and Chronic Pain
WASHINGTON — Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center and Germany’s Technische Universität München have uncovered the brain malady responsible for tinnitus and for chronic pain — the uncomfortable, sometimes agonizing sensations that persist long after an initial injury.
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TBI Triggers Liver to Produce Protein Tied to Inflammation; Hypertension Drug Blocks It
WASHINGTON — A new animal study shows that traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects the body as well as the brain and that treatment with hypertension drugs blocks the production of proteins related to inflammation.
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Georgetown Professor’s State Department Grant Focuses on "One Health"
WASHINGTON — Identifying emerging infectious disease threats and incorporating biosecurity and bioethics in the development of medical technology are the foci of a new grant from the U.S. Department of State awarded to Georgetown’s Irene Jillson, PhD.
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Resveratrol Impacts Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarker
WASHINGTON — The largest nationwide clinical trial to study high-dose resveratrol long-term in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease found that a biomarker that declines when the disease progresses was stabilized in people who took the purified form of resveratrol.
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For Media: Georgetown Scholars Available for Interviews on Pope Francis Visit
The health needs of migrants and refugees and the impact that climate change has on vulnerable populations are two topics Pope Francis is expected to address during his U.S. visit in September. Georg
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Georgetown and Howard Receive $27M Award for Clinical and Translational Research
WASHINGTON — A large clinical research program led by Georgetown and Howard universities, facilitating the participation of more than four million Washington-area residents in clinical trials, has received a $27 million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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Georgetown Lombardi Offers New Melanoma Study Comparing Two Treatment Regimens
WASHINGTON — A new nationwide clinical trial comparing two groups of drugs — both effective in treating melanoma—is now open at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center/MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
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Salt and High Blood Pressure – Comments from Georgetown Cardiologist
WASHINGTON — According to a study published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, “People who gradually increase the amount of salt in their diet and people who habitually eat a higher salt diet both face an increased risk of developing high blood pressure.”
Georgetown cardiologist Allen J. Taylor, MD, FACC FAHA, warns “You might never touch a salt shaker, yet still be eating a high salt diet!”Category: News Release
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Tracking Epilepsy’s Impact in the Brain Could Allow for Earlier Treatment
WASHINGTON — A very common form of epilepsy — called temporal lobe epilepsy — can cause memory and attention/concentration deficits, but how widespread is the impact on the brain and can it be tracked? These are the questions researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center are looking to answer. They say if extensive cognitive deficits can be identified in children, early aggressive treatment might be possible to halt cognitive decline.
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