All Posts: aging
35 Articles
- News Release
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…
August 19, 2021
- GUMC Stories
NHS Alumna Returns to Georgetown for Master’s Degree in Aging & Health
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September 1, 2020
- News Release
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…
June 5, 2020
- GUMC Stories
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…
December 14, 2019
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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…
October 25, 2019
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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…
December 7, 2018
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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…
September 27, 2018
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First Large Study Details Cognitive Outcomes Among Older Breast Cancer Patients
The first large U.S. study of cognition in older breast cancer patients, led by researchers from Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, indicates that within the first…
September 27, 2018
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Cures Within Reach Funds Huntington’s Disease Clinical Trial with Nilotinib at Georgetown
Georgetown University Medical Center announces a clinical trial testing the safety of the repurposed cancer drug nilotinib in Huntington’s disease. This is the fourth…
September 27, 2018
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Georgetown University Medical Center Selected as Lewy Body Dementia Research Center of Excellence
The Lewy Body Dementia Association has designated Georgetown University Medical Center as a “Research Center of Excellence.” GUMC joins 23 other centers chosen for…
April 3, 2018