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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…
July 29, 2015
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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…
July 20, 2015
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Acupuncture Impacts Same Biologic Pathways in Rats that Pain Drugs Target in Humans
WASHINGTON — In animal models, acupuncture appears to impact the same biologic pathways ramped up by pain and stress, analogous to what drugs do in humans. Georgetown…
July 20, 2015
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Georgetown’s Todd Waldman Awarded Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Innovation Grant
WASHINGTON – Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF), a nonprofit dedicated to finding better treatments and ultimately cures for all children with cancer, has…
July 18, 2015
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USAID Awards $30M Grant to Georgetown’s Institute for Reproductive Health
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded $30 million to Georgetown University Medical Center’s Institute for Reproductive…
July 15, 2015
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Bilinguals of Two Spoken Languages Have More Gray Matter Than Monolinguals
WASHINGTON — A new study published in the journal Cerebral Cortex suggests people who speak two languages have more gray matter in the executive control region of the.…
July 14, 2015
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Georgetown Lombardi and John Theurer Cancer Center Launch Transformational Collaboration to Advance Cancer Research
WASHINGTON and HACKENSACK, N.J. — Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, and John Theurer Cancer…
July 14, 2015
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Georgetown Physician Leads National Melanoma Study
WASHINGTON — A Georgetown University Medical Center physician renowned for his research in melanoma will lead a new national clinical trial involving novel treatments for…
July 14, 2015
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The Arts Improve Medical Care Through Learned Observation
WASHINGTON — The visual and narrative arts can help physicians hone their observational skills — a critical expertise increasingly needed in today’s, …
July 8, 2015
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Protein Implicated in Osteosarcoma’s Spread Acts As Air Traffic Controller
WASHINGTON — The investigation of a simple protein has uncovered its uniquely complicated role in the spread of the childhood cancer, osteosarcoma. It turns out the,…
July 5, 2015