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The sheer number of clinical studies underway at GUMC's Memory Disorders Program is giving program Director R. Scott Turner, MD, PhD, new hope.  

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After more than 30 years of research in the field, Michael Atkins, MD, deputy director of the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, is confident that immunotherapy is quickly becoming so promising that it will soon overtake use of chemotherapy and radiation, leading to a revolution in cancer care.

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Georgetown medical students have been running the HOYA Clinic, a free clinic located in the old D.C. General hospital building, since 2007. But a year ago, a student had an idea that would bring the medical students even closer to the at-risk population living in the D.C. General Family Shelter: the Big HOYA Little Saxa (BHLS) mentorship program.  

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GUMC IN THE NEWS

The Washington Post "No stranger to brutal sports injuries, Kerry faces a long road to recovery" with Michael Kessler, May 31, 2015   
 

 
Lung Cancer News Today "Chemotherapy Combined With Anti-PDL1 Antibody Shows Promising Results in Advanced Lung Cancer" with Stephen Liu, May 31, 2015
 

 
Healio "Nivolumab-based treatments slow progression of melanoma" with Michael Atkins, May 31, 2015
 

 
Today Show "Libido-boosting drug for women aims to 'even the score' with Viagra" with Adriane Fugh-Berman, June 2, 2015
 

 
The Associated Press "Concerns remain for 'Viagara for women' twice rejected by FDA" with Adriane Fugh-Berman, June 2, 2015
 

 
USA Today "South Korean MERS outbreak likely to spread, health officials say"

with Daniel Lucey, June 3, 2015


CBS Newspath (nationwide affiliate feed service) "FDA Taking Another Look At Sex Pill For Women" (webstory) with Adriane Fugh-Berman, June 3, 2015


AARP Bulletin "'Women's Viagra' Gets OK From FDA Committee" with Adriane Fugh-Berman, June 3, 2015


The Diane Rehm Show "New Treatments For Concussions Based On Recent Brain Research" with Korin Hudson, June 4, 2015


Boston Globe "BU scientist uses existing drugs in fight against Ebola" with Daniel Lucey, June 4, 2015


USA Today "MERS, SARS, Ebola: How dangerous are they?"with Daniel Lucey, June 4, 2015


CBS Evening News "Pill to boost female libido closer to FDA approval" with Adriane Fugh-Berman, June 4, 2015 (link not available)


CBS News Radio "Effectiveness of breast cancer screening" with Kenneth Lin, June 4, 2015


NBC Newschannel (nationwide affiliate feed service) "FDA Advisers Consider Flibanserin, Pill Known as 'Female Viagra'" with Adriane Fugh-Berman, June 4, 2015


NBC Newschannel (nationwide affiliate feed service) "FDA advisory board approves flibanserin" with Adriane Fugh-Berman, June 4, 2015


NBC Nightly News "FDA Panel Votes to Approve 'Female Viagra' Pill Flibanserin" with Adriane Fugh-Berman, June 4, 2015


The Associated Press "FDA panel backs female libido pill, under safety conditions" with Adriane Fugh-Berman, June 4, 2015


The New York Times "'Viagra for Women' Is Backed by an F.D.A. Panel" with Adriane Fugh-Berman, June 4, 2015


Vox "An FDA panel just backed the 'female Viagra.' Critics say it's a mistake"with Adriane Fugh-Berman, June 4, 2015


Bloomberg "'Female Viagra' May Be More Marketing Than Science"

with Adriane Fugh-Berman, June 5, 2015


NBC News "As MERS Fears Spread, History Offers Sobering Lesson" with Daniel Lucey, June 5, 2015


The Times Gazette "MERS - South Korea - Update - Sobering lessons coming from history - but no respite yet" with Daniel Lucey, June 6, 2015


The Diane Rehm Show "Risks And Benefits Of So-Called Viagra-For-Women"with Adriane Fugh-Berman, June 8, 2015


Korean Herald "Experts say MERS not lethal to healthy people" with Daniel Lucey, June 9, 2015


Live Science "iPhone Will Track Your Sex Life: Is That Helpful?" with Victoria Jennings, June 10, 2015  


Inside Science "Why Music Sounds Bad Or Good: Your Brain Knows The Next Note" with Josef Rauschecker, June 10, 2015


Scientific American "When We Read, We Recognize Words as Pictures and Hear Them Spoken Aloud" with Max Riesenhuber, June 11, 2015


Aurora Sentinel"Aurora theater shooting trial: Experts say variations in sanity evaluations are common" with Liza Gold, June 11, 2015    


The Washington Post "My father has Alzheimer's, but it's far from the nightmare you probably think it is" with Georgetown Memory Disorders Program, June 11, 2015


NPR  "Should Tanning Bed Warnings Take A Cue From Graphic Cigarette Labels?" with Darren Mays, June 11, 2015


HealthDay"Graphic Warnings May Work Best to Keep Women From Tanning Beds" with Darren Mays, June 11, 2015


Medpage Today "ASCO: Procedure Cuts Re-Excision in BRCA" with Claudine Isaacs, June 11, 2015


JoongAng Ilbo "Communication is key in halting disease's spread: U.S. doctor"with Daniel Lucey, June 11, 2015


Medpage Today "ASCO: Nivolumab and ipilimumab or monotherapy in untreated melanoma" with Michael Atkins, June 11, 2015

   
AROUND CAMPUS

Terri Weifenbach won the fellowship for a body of work called "Cloud Physics." The project addresses "science and climate" as well as "the intersection of reason and sensibility." 

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RECENTLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA

A true highlight of #GUReunion was welcoming back to St. Mary's Hall the nursing Class of 1965 for a special pinning ceremony! Hoya Saxa!

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@drshow    
Thanks so much to all of you who joined our live Q&A - especially @gumedcenter 's Dr. Korin Hudson! http://wamu.fm/1M7Mf8G 

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Why don't people exercise, even a little? asks Dr. Kamerow. And, as doctors, how can we change that? http://tinyurl.com/DBKexercise  




UPCOMING GUMC EVENTS
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Wednesday, June 17 
4:30-6:30 p.m. 
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Clinic 
RSVP: Email or Call Shadae Paul 
at (202) 444-1171
Monday, June 22
5:30 p.m. 

Morton's Steakhouse  

1050 Connecticut Avenue  

Washington, D.C.     

RSVP:  Email or call Daphne Baker
at 303-861-0866  


 
 
 
 

        

      
        
Thursday, June 25
1:00-2:00 p.m.
Dahlgren Memorial Library, BAAC Classroom
  
 




Speed Grant Reviews 

Wednesday, July 15
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Med-Dent SW 107
Registration:  http://bit.ly/1ITng9M 


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