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Georgetown Professor Honored for Lifetime Achievement in Public Health Law
CHICAGO -- Lawrence Gostin, JD, LLD (h.c.), Faculty Director of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown Law, was honored today for his “…
November 2, 2015
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Email, Text or Web Portal? New Study Probes Patients’ Preferences for Receiving Test Results
WASHINGTON — The results of common medical tests are sometimes delivered to patients by email, letters or voice mail, but are these the most preferred methods? According…
October 30, 2015
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Stimulating Specific Brain Area Could Help Defrost Arms Frozen by Stroke
CHICAGO — Little can be done to help the hundreds of thousands of people whose severe strokes have left them with one arm stuck close to the sides of their bodies like a…
October 20, 2015
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Devon Still Named 2015 Recipient of NFL Players Association Georgetown Lombardi Award
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and the NFL Players Association will honor Still for his family’s courageous battle with cancer and his advocacy on behalf…
October 15, 2015
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29th Annual Lombardi Gala to Benefit Cancer Research
The 29th Annual Lombardi Gala, a celebration to benefit Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, will be held Saturday, Oct. 24, from 6:00 to 11:30 p.m. at the Washington…
October 15, 2015
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Cancer Drug Improved Cognition and Motor Skills in Small Parkinson’s Clinical Trial
CHICAGO (Oct. 17, 2015) — An FDA-approved drug for leukemia improved cognition, motor skills and non-motor function in patients with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia in…
October 14, 2015
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Novel Compound Turns Off Mutant Cancer Gene in Animals with Leukemia
WASHINGTON — A compound discovered and developed by a team of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers that halts cancer in animals with Ewing sarcoma…
October 9, 2015
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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 …
September 30, 2015
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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…
September 23, 2015
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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…
September 20, 2015