Latest news from Georgetown University Medical Center on News en-us Copyright 2024 News 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/case-study-reveals-important-new-details-about-rare-second-cancers-related-to-car-t-therapy/?sc=rsin /articles/case-study-reveals-important-new-details-about-rare-second-cancers-related-to-car-t-therapy/?sc=rsin Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:00:00 EST 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 pathologic features involved in a CAR-T related second cancer. Georgetown University Medical Center /articles/cognitive-declines-preceding-alzheimer-s-diagnosis-lead-to-credit-card-mortgage-delinquency/?sc=rsin /articles/cognitive-declines-preceding-alzheimer-s-diagnosis-lead-to-credit-card-mortgage-delinquency/?sc=rsin Fri, 31 May 2024 13:05:58 EST Media Contact Karen Teber, km463@georgetown.edu (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 led by Georgetown University. The findings show consistent deterioration in these financial outcomes over the quarters leading up to diagnosis. Georgetown University Medical Center /articles/structural-inequities-amplify-homelessness-challenges-for-pregnant-people-in-washington-dc/?sc=rsin /articles/structural-inequities-amplify-homelessness-challenges-for-pregnant-people-in-washington-dc/?sc=rsin Thu, 30 May 2024 00:05:00 EST 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 changes to support vulnerable populations. Georgetown University Medical Center /articles/perinatal-transmission-of-hiv-can-lead-to-cognitive-deficits/?sc=rsin /articles/perinatal-transmission-of-hiv-can-lead-to-cognitive-deficits/?sc=rsin Tue, 23 Apr 2024 18:30:00 EST 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 pinpoint the geographic regions and factors that may be important for brain development outcomes related to perinatal HIV infection: mother-to-child HIV transmission during pregnancy, labor and delivery, or breastfeeding. Georgetown University Medical Center /articles/antibiotics-aren-t-effective-for-most-lower-tract-respiratory-infections/?sc=rsin /articles/antibiotics-aren-t-effective-for-most-lower-tract-respiratory-infections/?sc=rsin Mon, 15 Apr 2024 11:00:00 EST Use of antibiotics provided no measurable impact on the severity or duration of coughs even if a bacterial infection was present, finds a large, prospective study of people who sought treatment in U.S. primary or urgent care settings for lower-respiratory tract infections. Georgetown University Medical Center /articles/a-third-of-women-experience-migraines-associated-with-menstruation-most-commonly-when-premenopausal/?sc=rsin /articles/a-third-of-women-experience-migraines-associated-with-menstruation-most-commonly-when-premenopausal/?sc=rsin Fri, 12 Apr 2024 07:05:02 EST A third of the nearly 20 million women who participated in a national health survey reports migraines during menstruation, and of them, 11.8 million, or 52.5%, were premenopausal. Georgetown University Medical Center /articles/amnesia-caused-by-head-injury-reversed-in-early-mouse-study/?sc=rsin /articles/amnesia-caused-by-head-injury-reversed-in-early-mouse-study/?sc=rsin Tue, 16 Jan 2024 13:00:00 EST A mouse study designed to shed light on memory loss in people who experience repeated head impacts, such as athletes, suggests the condition could potentially be reversed. The research in mice finds that amnesia and poor memory following head injury is due to inadequate reactivation of neurons involved in forming memories. Georgetown University Medical Center /articles/researchers-pinpoint-brain-area-where-people-who-are-blind-recognize-faces-identified-by-sound/?sc=rsin /articles/researchers-pinpoint-brain-area-where-people-who-are-blind-recognize-faces-identified-by-sound/?sc=rsin Wed, 22 Nov 2023 14:00:00 EST Using a specialized device that translates images into sound, Georgetown University Medical Center neuroscientists and colleagues showed that people who are blind recognized basic faces using the part of the brain known as the fusiform face area , a region that is crucial for the processing of faces in sighted people. Georgetown University Medical Center /articles/georgetown-global-health-center-launches-first-open-access-wildlife-disease-database/?sc=rsin /articles/georgetown-global-health-center-launches-first-open-access-wildlife-disease-database/?sc=rsin Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:05:36 EST Georgetown University Medical Center's Center for Global Health Science and Security (GHSS) today announces the launch of a first-of-its-kind wildlife disease database -- a system for collecting records of viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites, etc. -- designed to support an early warning system for potential viral emergence. Georgetown University Medical Center /articles/from-one-nightmare-to-another-anthony-fauci-s-new-concern/?sc=rsin /articles/from-one-nightmare-to-another-anthony-fauci-s-new-concern/?sc=rsin Wed, 18 Oct 2023 14:00:00 EST "What keeps you up at night?" It's a question Anthony Fauci, MD, heard repeatedly over the course of his nearly four decades as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. Today, as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, Fauci describes a new nemesis - lack of "corporate memory." Georgetown University Medical Center /articles/black-people-in-rural-areas-have-greater-mental-health-resiliency-than-white-people/?sc=rsin /articles/black-people-in-rural-areas-have-greater-mental-health-resiliency-than-white-people/?sc=rsin Sat, 04 Mar 2023 08:05:29 EST Black people living in rural areas of North Carolina were found to have better mental health than white people despite their exposure to various forms of racism and discrimination. This paradoxical finding was reported by researchers at Georgetown University and their colleagues in the journal Social Science & Medicine: Mental Health in March 2023. Georgetown University Medical Center /articles/climate-change-portends-wider-malaria-risk-as-mosquitos-spread-south-and-to-higher-elevations-in-africa/?sc=rsin /articles/climate-change-portends-wider-malaria-risk-as-mosquitos-spread-south-and-to-higher-elevations-in-africa/?sc=rsin Tue, 14 Feb 2023 19:05:00 EST Based on data that span the past 120 years, scientists at Georgetown University Medical Center have found that the mosquitoes responsible for transmitting malaria in Africa are spreading deeper into southern Africa and to higher elevations than previously recorded. The researchers estimate that Anopheles mosquito populations in sub-Saharan Africa have gained an average of 6.5 meters (21 feet) of elevation per year, and the southern limits of their ranges moved south of the equator by 4.7 kilometers (nearly 3 miles) per year. Georgetown University Medical Center /articles/study-finds-adverse-impact-of-climate-on-mental-health-in-bangladesh/?sc=rsin /articles/study-finds-adverse-impact-of-climate-on-mental-health-in-bangladesh/?sc=rsin Mon, 06 Feb 2023 18:30:00 EST Extreme heat and humidity and other climate-related events have an alarming impact on mental health outcomes in terms of depression and anxiety in Bangladesh, the world's seventh most vulnerable country to climate change. Georgetown University Medical Center /articles/study-in-mice-suggests-that-expression-of-estrogen-related-gene-can-impact-post-menopausal-breast-cancer-risk-and-prevention-strategies/?sc=rsin /articles/study-in-mice-suggests-that-expression-of-estrogen-related-gene-can-impact-post-menopausal-breast-cancer-risk-and-prevention-strategies/?sc=rsin Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:05:00 EST In a study using a first-of-its kind mouse model of aging that mimics breast cancer development in estrogen receptor-positive post-menopausal women, investigators at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and colleagues have determined that over-expression, or switching on of the Esr1 gene, could lead to elevated risk of developing estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer in older women. Georgetown University Medical Center /articles/mindfulness-based-stress-reduction-is-as-effective-as-an-antidepressant-drug-for-treating-anxiety-disorders/?sc=rsin /articles/mindfulness-based-stress-reduction-is-as-effective-as-an-antidepressant-drug-for-treating-anxiety-disorders/?sc=rsin Wed, 09 Nov 2022 11:00:00 EST A guided mindfulness-based stress reduction program was as effective as use of the gold-standard drug -- the common antidepressant drug escitalopram -- for patients with anxiety disorders, according to results of a first-of-its-kind, randomized clinical trial led by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center. Georgetown University Medical Center /articles/technique-developed-in-mice-could-aid-detection-of-cancer-in-dense-breasts/?sc=rsin /articles/technique-developed-in-mice-could-aid-detection-of-cancer-in-dense-breasts/?sc=rsin Wed, 14 Sep 2022 00:05:00 EST A two-pronged approach to imaging breast density in mice, developed by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, resulted in better detection of changes in breast tissue, including spotting early signs of cancer. The researchers hope that this approach will be translated from mice and improve breast imaging for people; it may also help with prognosis of disease as density can be linked to specific patterns of mammary gland growth, including signs of cancer development. Georgetown University Medical Center /articles/nsf-awards-georgetown-university-12-5m-to-establish-institute-for-emerging-virus-research/?sc=rsin /articles/nsf-awards-georgetown-university-12-5m-to-establish-institute-for-emerging-virus-research/?sc=rsin Wed, 10 Aug 2022 08:00:06 EST The National Science Foundation has awarded Georgetown University $12.5 million to lead a global team of scientists in establishing a collaborative institute designed to advance research and education around viral emergence -- the process of viruses jumping from animals to humans. Georgetown University Medical Center /articles/georgetown-awarded-23-6m-to-study-treatments-for-acute-rhinosinusitis/?sc=rsin /articles/georgetown-awarded-23-6m-to-study-treatments-for-acute-rhinosinusitis/?sc=rsin Thu, 28 Jul 2022 08:05:35 EST The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has awarded a Georgetown University Medical Center research team led by Dan Merenstein, MD, professor of family medicine at Georgetown's School of Medicine, $23.6 million in research funding to study treatments for acute rhinosinusitis. Georgetown University Medical Center /articles/informing-children-of-a-mother-s-genetic-cancer-risk-does-not-impact-their-health-behaviors/?sc=rsin /articles/informing-children-of-a-mother-s-genetic-cancer-risk-does-not-impact-their-health-behaviors/?sc=rsin Thu, 21 Jul 2022 00:05:00 EST Telling a child about their mother's risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer does not adversely influence the offspring's lifestyle or quality of life in the long term, according to a new study led by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Georgetown University Medical Center /articles/guidance-for-talking-to-children-following-the-elementary-school-shooting-in-texas/?sc=rsin /articles/guidance-for-talking-to-children-following-the-elementary-school-shooting-in-texas/?sc=rsin Thu, 26 May 2022 13:05:33 EST The news out of Uvalde, Texas, where an 18-year-old man gunned down 19 innocent children and two adults and left several critically injured at an elementary school, has left many parents and caregivers wondering how to talk to their children about their safety. Georgetown University Medical Center