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We, Too, Are Georgetown: Black Alumni Summit Attendees Discuss, Celebrate What It Means to be a Hoya

Meghan Twohey at Sixth and I Synagogue in Washington DC

Alumna Megan Twohey Broke the Harvey Weinstein Story That Helped Spark a Movement

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Oct 2019

Cons of Probiotic Labels

Shopping for a good probiotic? Reading the labels may not provide enough information to weigh the options, according to a research team led by Georgetown University Medical Center.

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Oct 2019

Priming Cells for Better Cancer Treatment

New research has uncovered a mechanism thought to explain why some cancers don’t respond to a widely used form of immunotherapy called “checkpoint inhibitors” or anti-PD-1.

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Oct 2019

Shining a Light on Drug Industry Influence

As the impact of the opioid crisis continues to unfold, Georgetown convened health professionals in June for a hard look at what is happening now and what can we do better going forward, as a country...

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Oct 2019

The Hidden Costs of Medical School

My kindergarten teacher once told my mom that I don’t do well with free time. The same could be said of me today.

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Oct 2019

Learning Society Magic

For five years, transforming student experience through community building.

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Oct 2019

What’s Behind a Good Night’s Sleep?

Researching placebo effects in insomnia treatment.

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Oct 2019

The Long Walk

Letter from the Editor

Georgetown Medicine Magazine

Oct 2019

Honoring A Legend

The 18th Annual Founders Day event in April honored the contributions of Donald “Coach” Knowlan, MD (R’60, W’82, H’04), doubling as a 90th birthday celebration with 200 of his closest friends, former...

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Oct 2019

A Cup of Medicine

Fung-Lung Chung can’t wait to find out if his mother’s belief in the health-promoting properties of the hot green tea she served after meals will be scientifically validated by a new Georgetown...

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Oct 2019

What’s (not) in my white coat?

I spend every day in the cath lab, wearing scrubs and a surgical gown or lead apron, doing heart catheterizations and valve replacement procedures, with no outpatient or hospital duties.

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Oct 2019

Resilience, and Remembrance

Faculty Point of View

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Oct 2019

Reflections on medicine with Julie Silver, MD (M’91)

Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School

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We, Too, Are Georgetown: Black Alumni Summit Attendees Discuss, Celebrate What It Means to be a Hoya

Alumna Megan Twohey Broke the Harvey Weinstein Story That Helped Spark a Movement

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Cons of Probiotic Labels

Priming Cells for Better Cancer Treatment

Shining a Light on Drug Industry Influence

The Hidden Costs of Medical School

Learning Society Magic

What’s Behind a Good Night’s Sleep?

The Long Walk

Honoring A Legend

A Cup of Medicine

What’s (not) in my white coat?

Resilience, and Remembrance

Reflections on medicine with Julie Silver, MD (M’91)

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We, Too, Are Georgetown: Black Alumni Summit Attendees Discuss, Celebrate What It Means to be a Hoya

Alumna Megan Twohey Broke the Harvey Weinstein Story That Helped Spark a Movement

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