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Musings on the Art-Medicine Journey

Our medicine-art journey begins in the mind, and so we open with a peek into the vast research underway across the university on neuroscience and the arts. Read More

Resilient Baby Brains

Newborn babies who suffered a stroke regain language function in opposite side of brain. Read More

Picturing the Future: The faces of medicine are getting a makeover

Medical student demographics are shifting. As recently as 2015, white matriculants comprised just half of the student body. In 2017, the American Association of Medical Colleges reported that for the first time, more women than men enrolled in medical school. Read More

Tracking “Silent” Deaths

Zambia’s HIV mortality rates for patients in treatment are substantially underreported, according to a new study. Read More

Beating Ewing Sarcoma – Minus the Side Effects?

Because the disease often affects teens, side effects like infertility from current treatments are hard to bear. New research at Georgetown offers hope for an alternative. Read More

Pass the Veggies

Eating soy foods and cruciferous vegetables may reduce treatment side effects in breast cancer survivors, say a team of scientists led by Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Read More

New Information to Combat Fatigue Disorders

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have found distinct molecular signatures in two brain disorders long thought to be psychological in origin—chronic fatigue syndrome and Gulf War Illness. Read More