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Could Blood pressure drugs have a role in Alzheimer's Disease treatment?
WASHINGTON — In laboratory neuronal cultures, an FDA-approved drug used to treat high blood pressure reduced cell damage often linked to Alzheimer’s disease, say…
January 29, 2016
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Georgetown Lombardi Urges HPV Vaccination for Cancer Prevention
WASHINGTON — In response to low national vaccination rates for the human papillomavirus (HPV), Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center joined with other top cancer…
January 26, 2016
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Zika Virus – Subject Matter Experts
Zika virus information continues to flow from various countries’ health ministries and other sources. Georgetown University professors are paying special attention to this…
January 22, 2016
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Georgetown’s Liza Gold Joins NewsChannel 8's Roundtable Discussion on Gun Violence
WASHINGTON -- Georgetown forensic psychiatrist and mental health expert Liza Gold, MD, will join a roundtable discussion on gun violence that will air live on NewsChannel 8,…
January 18, 2016
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Online Quiz: How Well Do You “Know Your Bod?”
WASHINGTON – “You live with your body everyday, but do you really know it?” That’s the first question from a new online quiz: “KnowYourBod.…
January 17, 2016
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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