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Georgetown Study Opens for Those With Inherited Genetic Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease
WASHINGTON — The Memory Disorders Program at Georgetown University Medical Center is seeking volunteers to participate in a study testing two agents to slow the onset and…
March 28, 2016
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Georgetown, Children’s National Researchers To Evaluate Sesame Workshop’s Autism Initiative
WASHINGTON — Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, has selected Georgetown University Medical Center and Children’s National…
March 24, 2016
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First Diagnosed Case of Alzheimer’s Disease in HIV-Positive Individual Reported
WASHINGTON (April 15, 2016) — Georgetown University researchers are reporting the first case of Alzheimer’s disease diagnosed in an HIV-positive individual. The finding…
March 23, 2016
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Georgetown Hosts Research Summit on Concussions in Females
WASHINGTON — When physicians, researchers and scientists gather at Georgetown University later this month, they will tackle what they say is an underappreciated medical…
February 10, 2016
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Research Summit Focuses on Female Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury
PINKconcussions and Georgetown University Medical Center, with support for the NCAA Sports Science Institute and US Lacrosse, are hosting the first summit to explore gender…
February 10, 2016
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First-of-Its-Kind Study Explains Why Rest is Critical After A Concussion
Doctors who order several days of rest after a person suffers a concussion are giving sound advice, say researchers, and new data from animal models explains why. Georgetown…
January 31, 2016
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Could Blood pressure drugs have a role in Alzheimer's Disease treatment?
WASHINGTON — In laboratory neuronal cultures, an FDA-approved drug used to treat high blood pressure reduced cell damage often linked to Alzheimer’s disease, say…
January 29, 2016
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Brain Wars of Star Wars: Fact or Fiction?
WASHINGTON – “Science fiction is often the driver of science fact.” So says Georgetown neuroethicist James Giordano, PhD, MPhil, when asked about one of…
December 9, 2015
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Researchers Report First Therapy Appearing to Reverse Decline in Parkinson’s
OCTOBER 17, 2015 – An FDA-approved drug for leukemia improved cognition, motor skills and non-motor function in patients with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia in a…
October 17, 2015
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Cancer Drug Improved Cognition and Motor Skills in Small Parkinson’s Clinical Trial
CHICAGO (Oct. 17, 2015) — An FDA-approved drug for leukemia improved cognition, motor skills and non-motor function in patients with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body…
October 14, 2015