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Paul Brindley, Ph.D., professor of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine at SMHS, was the recipient of a $1.7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study the behavior of a parasitic worm, rampant in Southeast Asia, known to cause infections that contribute to liver cancer…

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences cardiac arrhythmia expert, Dr. Scott Shapiro, is available to comment on the dangers and health risks of energy drinks, which have led to subsequent FDA investigations on companies such as 5-Hour Energy and Monster.

The GW Heart & Vascular Institute and The Wireless Foundation, in partnership with the D.C.

In the United States, one in 10 men and one in 14 women have had a kidney stone. Unless the kidney stone is too large to pass on its own, the treatment prescribed is usually plenty of fluids and painkillers while letting it pass over a period of several days. Jeremy Brown, M.D., associate…

The George Washington University Heart and Vascular Institute and The Wireless Foundation, in partnership with the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services, announced their innovative public health initiative, which will improve cardiac care in the nation’s capital.

Utsha Khatri’s first exposure to medicine was from the perspective of treating the underserved. She believes that multiple factors influence a patient’s prospects for good health — education, stress, access to healthy foods, etc.

It’s a typical Thursday for John Larsen, M.D., chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (OBGYN) at GW’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

The Office of Communications and Marketing took home high honors in three categories in the 2012 MarCom Awards competition.

For the third consecutive year, supporters of the George Washington University Cancer Institute pounded the pavement throughout Washington, D.C., as participants of the 37th annual Marine Corps Marathon Oct. 28.

This medical innovation, based on collaborative research by Drs. Marco Mercader, M.D., a cardiologist; Matthew Kay, D.Sc., a biomedical engineer; and Narine Sarvazyan, Ph.D., a physiologist, at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) and the GW School of Engineering and Applied…