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MEDIA ADVISORY: Women & Wine VIII
The 8th Annual Women & Wine event benefitting Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center uncorks on Monday, March 11, 2013
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Giuseppe Giaccone Joins Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Internationally recognized lung cancer expert Giuseppe Giaccone, MD, PhD, has joined Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, a part of MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and Georgetown University Medical Center.
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Study: Premiums for Public Health Insurance Affect Coverage
Requiring individuals to pay a premium for public health insurance coverage can counteract the coverage effects of expanding eligibility for public health insurance programs to higher income families.
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For Stroke Patients, Mechanical Clot Removal Delivers No Advantage Over Standard Care
The first randomized controlled study to evaluate a procedure that removes blood clots in the brain from patients experiencing severe strokes finds it delivers no better outcomes than non-invasive standard medications. In addition, the study found imaging techniques were not helpful in identifying patients who potentially would benefit most from clot removal.
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St. Baldrick’s Grant Awarded to Georgetown University Medical Center
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a volunteer-driven and donor-centered charity dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research, has awarded a one-year infrastructure grant of $75,000 to Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC).
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Georgetown Psychiatrist Comments on Mental Health Portion of President’s Gun Violence Plan
Today, President Barack Obama outlined his four-part plan to reduce gun violence. The final part of the plan calls for increased access to, and health insurance coverage for, mental health services.
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Georgetown Physician Comments on Robin Roberts To Return to Good Morning America
Today, ABC Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts announced her return to the popular morning show following a medical leave of absence. Roberts was diagnosed last year with myelodysplastic syndrome, or MDS, and received a bone marrow transplant to treat the blood disorder.
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Newly Found “Volume Control” in the Brain Promotes Learning, Memory
Scientists have long wondered how nerve cell activity in the brain’s hippocampus, the epicenter for learning and memory, is controlled — too much synaptic communication between neurons can trigger a seizure, and too little impairs information processing, promoting neurodegeneration.
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Howard J. Federoff Named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Howard J. Federoff, MD, PhD, executive vice president of health sciences at Georgetown University Medical Center and executive dean of its School of Medicine, has been named a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
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Capital Breast Care Center Appoints New Executive Director
Wanda Lucas, MBA, has been named executive director of the Capital Breast Care Center (CBCC), a part of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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