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Increasing Use and Awareness of Oral Nicotine Pouches Detailed

A rigorous, comprehensive synthesis of evidence from 62 studies related to the use of oral nicotine pouches by Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center…

June 16, 2024

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Case Study Reveals Important New Details About Rare Second Cancers Related to CAR-T Therapy

A new, detailed analysis of a patient’s second cancer after receiving CAR-T therapy for the initial cancer provides rare but important insights intended to offer helpful…

June 12, 2024

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Experimental Therapy Shows Promise in Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trial

Clinicians at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center reported promising preliminary findings based on outcomes in the first six patients with metastatic…

June 1, 2024

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Cognitive Declines Preceding Alzheimer’s Diagnosis Lead to Credit Card, Mortgage Delinquency

In the years prior to an Alzheimer’s disease or other memory disorder diagnosis, credit scores begin to weaken and payment delinquency begins to increase, concludes new…

May 31, 2024

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Structural Inequities Amplify Homelessness Challenges for Pregnant People in Washington, DC

New research conducted with Washington, DC, residents who experienced homelessness during pregnancy sheds light on the intersection of homelessness, pregnancy and racial…

May 30, 2024

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New Study: Analysis Supports New Recommendation to Begin Mammogram Screening at 40

Georgetown Lombardi’s Jeanne Mandelblatt, MD, MPH, and Amy Trentham-Dietz, PhD, of University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, were lead authors of a study informing the…

April 30, 2024

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The Aspirin Conundrum: Navigating Negative Results, Age, Aging Dynamics and Equity

A new study examining the role of aspirin in breast cancer treatment reveals critical issues related to health equity and aging that have broad implications for cancer and other…

April 29, 2024

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Perinatal Transmission of HIV Can Lead to Cognitive Deficits

Perinatal transmission of HIV to newborns is associated with serious cognitive deficits as children grow older, according to a detailed analysis of 35 studies conducted by…

April 23, 2024

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A Third of Women Experience Migraines Associated with Menstruation, Most Commonly When Premenopausal

A third of the nearly 20 million women who participated in a national health survey reported migraines during menstruation, and of them, 11.8 million, or 52.5%, were.…

April 15, 2024

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Abnormal Brain Structure Identified in Children with Developmental Language Problems

A rigorous analysis of numerous studies concludes that a part of the brain traditionally associated with movement is abnormal in children with developmental language impairments,…

March 15, 2024