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MEDIA ADVISORY: Guns and Suicide – Tips for Preventing a Tragedy

This past weekend’s apparent suicide by country music star Mindy McCready offers an opportunity to educate family and friends on ways to help prevent a suicide, especially…

December 11, 2013

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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,…

December 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…

December 11, 2013

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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…

December 11, 2013

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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…

December 11, 2013

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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…

December 11, 2013

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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,…

December 11, 2013

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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…

December 11, 2013

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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…

December 11, 2013

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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…

December 11, 2013