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Georgetown Professors: Congress Made a “Scientific Judgment for Which it is Distinctly Unqualified”
WASHINGTON – Two Georgetown University professors say a section of the recently passed Congressional spending bill effectively undermines science and the health of women.…
January 15, 2016
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Nutrition Professor: New Dietary Guidelines are a Political, Corporate Spin on Evidence-Based Nutrition
Thomas Sherman, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, offers this commentary originally posted on the "Georgetown…
January 14, 2016
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Georgetown Cancer Screening Expert: Congress Has Already Overruled USPSTF Mammography Recommendations
WASHINGTON (Jan. 7, 2015) -- As the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) prepares its final breast cancer screening recommendations, Georgetown family medicine physician…
January 12, 2016
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New Analyses Confirms Biennial Mammography Starting at Age 50 Optimal for Average Women
WASHINGTON — New and comprehensive analyses from six independent research teams examining breast cancer screening intervals have produced a unanimous finding — that…
January 1, 2016
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Georgetown Researcher Leads Effort to Decode Anti-malarial Drug Resistance
WASHINGTON — Even as the global malarial pandemic appears to be on a decline, drug resistant malarial parasites are on the rise, says an infectious disease researcher at…
December 16, 2015
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Georgetown University Medical Center Researchers Applaud Proposed NIH Funding
WASHINGTON – The proposed increase in funding for the National Institutes of Health in the 2016 federal spending bill is “a very encouraging” step towards…
December 16, 2015
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Two GUMC Researchers Named National Academy of Inventors Fellows
WASHINGTON – The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named two Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) professors to its 2015 class of Fellows — Milton L.…
December 15, 2015
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Brain Wars of Star Wars: Fact or Fiction?
WASHINGTON – “Science fiction is often the driver of science fact.” So says Georgetown neuroethicist James Giordano, PhD, MPhil, when asked about one of…
December 9, 2015
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GUN VIOLENCE AND MENTAL ILLNESS: Georgetown Expert To Speak at Charleston Summit
MEDIA ADVISORY: Georgetown University forensic psychiatrist Liza Gold, MD, an expert on gun violence and mental illness, is an invited speaker at “Moving from Crisis to…
December 3, 2015
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Majority of Car-Pedestrian Deaths Happen to Those in Wheelchairs, Often at Intersections
WASHINGTON — An investigation into how often wheelchair users are killed in car-pedestrian crashes finds they are a third more likely to die than non-wheelchair users;…
November 19, 2015