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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 scientists and colleagues provides a much-needed assessment of how these...
13-Jun-2024 9:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Addressing Cancer Screening Behaviors in the Muslim Community in Washington

An important study has revealed crucial insights into the cancer screening behaviors of Muslims in the Washington, D.C., area, highlighting the influence of cultural and religious beliefs on health practices.
14-Jun-2024 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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 guidance for oncologists and pathologists about the clinical presentation and...
7-Jun-2024 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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 pancreatic cancer enrolled in a phase 2 clinical trial of the...
30-May-2024 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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

Media Contact Karen Teber, [email protected] (May 31, 2024) — 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 research...
31-May-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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 inequities. The findings underscore the urgent need for policy and practice...
29-May-2024 8:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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 disease intervention trials, say researchers from Georgetown...
26-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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 Georgetown University Medical Center neuroscientists. The finding helps...
21-Apr-2024 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Guidance for Talking To Children Following the Elementary School Shooting in Texas

26-May-2022 1:05 PM EDT

@GUMedCenter Global Health Security, Law Experts Express Relief After @WHO Declares DRC #Ebola Outbreak a #PHEIC

17-Jul-2019 1:05 PM EDT

Global Health Law, Policy Expert Says WHO May Need to Establish New Level of Public Health Emergency for Regional Outbreaks

14-Jun-2019 11:05 PM EDT

Ebola Virus – Subject Matter Experts

12-Apr-2019 2:30 PM EDT

.@GuMedCenter Global Health Security, Law Experts React to WHO Decision to Not Declare the DRC Ebola Outbreak a PHEIC

12-Apr-2019 1:15 PM EDT

Genetic testing of women diagnosed with breast cancer could be “impactful.” @LombardiCancer medical oncologist reacts to new guidelines issued by breast surgeons’ organization.

14-Feb-2019 12:10 PM EST

WHO Expert Panel on Human Gene Editing a “Very Good Step,” says @Georgetown Medical Ethicist

14-Dec-2018 1:05 PM EST

Georgetown Medical Ethicist Voices Concern About Human Genetic Editing Claimed by Chinese Scientist

26-Nov-2018 10:05 AM EST

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Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) is an internationally recognized academic medical center with a three-part mission of research, teaching and patient care (through MedStar Health). GUMC’s mission is carried out with a strong emphasis on public service and a dedication to the Catholic, Jesuit principle of cura personalis -- or "care of the whole person." The Medical Center includes the School of Medicine and the School of Nursing & Health Studies, both nationally ranked; Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, designated as a comprehensive cancer center by the National Cancer Institute; and the Biomedical Graduate Research Organization, which accounts for the majority of externally funded research at GUMC including a Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Institutes of Health.