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• Antioxidants Can Protect Against Omega 6 Damage – or Promote It

  SAN DIEGO — Given omega 6 fatty acid’s reputation for promoting cancer — at least in animal studies — researchers are examining the role that antioxidants play in blocking the harmful effects of this culprit, found in many cooking oils. After all, antioxidants are supposed to prevent DNA damage. But employing antioxidants could backfire, say researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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• GUMC Professor Assumes Presidency of Society of Interventional Radiology

  WASHINGTON—James B. Spies, MD, MPH, FSIR, professor of radiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine and chairman of the department of radiology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, is the new president of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR). He assumed the one-year term March 26 during SIR’s 38th Annual Scientific Meeting in San Diego.

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• Media Advisory: Women & Wine IX

  WASHINGTON – The 9th Annual Women & Wine event benefitting Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is scheduled for Tuesday, April 1, 2014.

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• Primary Androgen Deprivation Therapy Ineffective for Most Men with Early Prostate Cancer

  WASHINGTON — A study of more than 15,000 men with early stage prostate cancer finds that those who received androgen deprivation as their primary treatment instead of surgery or radiation did not live any longer than those who received no treatment.

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• Former FDA Chief Scientist Jesse L. Goodman Joins Georgetown

  WASHINGTON – Georgetown University Medical Center has appointed Jesse L. Goodman, MD, MPH, as founding director of its Center on Medical Product Access, Safety and Stewardship (COMPASS). The new center will address three broad areas of U.S. and global public health importance: medical product safety and security across the global manufacturing supply chain; antimicrobial drug resistance; and access to lifesaving medical products.

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• Blood Test Identifies Those At-Risk for Cognitive Decline, Alzheimer’s Within 3 Years

  WASHINGTON — Researchers have discovered and validated a blood test that can predict with greater than 90 percent accuracy if a healthy person will develop mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease within three years.

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• What Bat Brains Might Tell Us About Human Brains

  WASHINGTON — Could a new finding in bats help unlock a mystery about the human brain? Likely so, say researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center who have shown that a small region within the amygdala, an almond-shaped structure in the brains of all mammals, is responsible for producing emotional calls and sounds. They say this discovery might be key to locating a similar center in human brains.

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• New Anti-Smoking Policies in China Could Save Nearly 13 Million Lives in Next 40 Years

  WASHINGTON – Almost 13 million lives could be saved by 2050 in China if the country implements comprehensive tobacco control recommendations set forth by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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• 55 Genes Linked to a Powerful Tumor Suppressor Predict Breast Cancer Survival

  WASHINGTON — A panel of 55 genes, almost all of which are impacted by the loss of a particular protein, appears to predict if breast cancer will become invasive, leading to poorer survival, researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center report in PLOS ONE.

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• Genetic Counseling Via Telephone as Effective as In-person Counseling

  WASHINGTON — Genetic counseling delivered over the telephone is as effective as face-to-face counseling, finds the largest randomized study to date comparing the two methods. The multi-center study, led by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, was reported today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

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