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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
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“More Light, Less Heat.” New Book Debunks Myths about Gun Violence and Mental Illness
WASHINGTON — The U.S. is experiencing two critical public health challenges — mental health and gun violence — but few understand these two crises rarely…
November 18, 2015
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Georgetown Lombardi Hosts Patient/Physician Symposium Focused on GI Cancers
WASHINGTON – The Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center hosts “Fighting a Smarter War Against…
November 18, 2015
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Brain Scan Reveals Cognitive Deficits in Older “Cognitively Normal” HIV+ Individuals
WASHINGTON — Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center have found in a small study that although a group of HIV+ older individuals scored “…
November 18, 2015
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Righting a Wrong? Right Side of Brain Can Compensate for Post-Stroke Loss of Speech
WASHINGTON — After a debate that has lasted more than 130 years, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have found that loss of speech from a stroke in the…
November 3, 2015
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Microbiome Expert Martin Blaser to Receive Georgetown’s Cura Personalis Award Nov. 3
WASHINGTON -- Georgetown University Medical Center will bestow its highest honor, the Cura Personalis Award, upon Martin J. Blaser, MD, a world-renowned microbiome researcher and…
November 2, 2015