All Posts: aging
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Study Finds Relationship Between Discrimination and Frailty in Black Cancer Survivors
Discrimination experienced by Black people can affect their health and increase their frailty, which can be particularly impactful for cancer survivors, according to a new study by researchers at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and others.
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Long-term Study Supports Link Between Inflammation and Cognitive Problems in Older Breast Cancer Survivors
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Healthy Aging Symposium Promotes Collaboration Across Disciplines
(July 22, 2022) — With more than 300 registrants in person and via Zoom, the first annual Healthy Aging Symposium at Georgetown brought together students, faculty, researchers and those who work in the field of aging for panel discussions, poster presentations and networking. The July 14 symposium took place in the Fisher Colloquium at Georgetown’s […]
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Key Mental Abilities Can Actually Improve During Aging
WASHINGTON (August 19, 2021) — It’s long been believed that advancing age leads to broad declines in our mental abilities. Now, new research from Georgetown University Medical Center offers surprisingly good news by countering this view. The findings, published August 19, 2021, in Nature Human Behavior, show that two key brain functions, which allow us […]
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NHS Alumna Returns to Georgetown for Master’s Degree in Aging & Health
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Early-life Education Improves Memory in Old Age — Especially for Women
WASHINGTON (June 5, 2020) — Education appears to protect older adults, especially women, against memory loss, according to a study by investigators at Georgetown University Medical Center, published in the journal Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition. The results suggest that children — especially girls — who attend school for longer will have better memory abilities in […]
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Partners in Research Supports Visionary Scientists
(December 14, 2019) — Research is a chicken-and-egg phenomenon. One thing leads to another. But without investigational funding there is no chicken. And no egg. So says Nady Golestaneh, PhD, MSc, adding that she would not be where she is today in her quest to prevent a common blindness in the elderly without small grants […]
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Heightened Risk of Adverse Financial Changes Before Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
WASHINGTON (October 25, 2019) — Prior to an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, a person in the early stages of the disease faces a heightened risk of adverse financial outcomes — a likely consequence of compromised decision-making when managing money, in addition to exploitation and fraud by others. That is the disquieting conclusion of a study published in […]
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In Times of Low Unemployment, Nursing Home Quality Suffers
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (December 7, 2018) — The low unemployment rate in the U.S. — which fell to a 49-year low in September and October — is good news to many people, but perhaps not to residents of nursing homes. A Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) study found that quality of care in nursing homes […]
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Mouse Study Mirrors Human Findings That Link Chemotherapy and APOE4 to Cognitive Issues
New research by Georgetown University Medical Center investigators indicates that a chemotherapy drug commonly used to treat breast cancer alters brain structure and function in mice that express the human APOE4 gene, which is known to significantly increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
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