Press Releases
Neal Barnard, M.D., adjunct associate professor of medicine, has authored, "Power Foods for the Brain," a book that reveals how diet can protect the brain from memory loss, stroke, and Alzheimer's disease.
In an opinion editorial published by McClatchy-Tribune News Service, Jeffrey S. Akman, M.D., dean of the SMHS, and co-author Lynn R. Goldman, M.D., dean of the School of Public Health and Health Services, write to support policies to address deficiencies in the U.S. mental health system and for…
Video capsule endoscopy performed in the emergency department to detect acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding, a potentially life-threatening emergency, may safely allow many patients with gastrointestinal hemorrhage to be discharged home instead of admitted to the hospital, saving the healthcare…
The Dr. Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen Cancer Research Center is offering a new, one-year postdoctoral fellowship to support innovative cancer research, thanks to a generous gift from the Albert L. Tucker and Elizabeth T. Tucker Foundation.
The George Washington University Institute of Spirituality and Health (GWISH) convened an international consensus conference to develop recommendations on integrating spirituality into health care systems worldwide.
Lakhmir Chawla, M.D., associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, and colleagues, validated the effectiveness of the two novel biomarkers in 740 critically ill patients and compared their performance with other biomarkers, including serum creatinine.
A study led by Robert G. Hawley, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department of anatomy and regenerative biology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, may help predict which patients with multiple myeloma will respond better to certain treatments.
In an opinion editorial published by The Washington Post's Capital Business, Jeffrey S. Akman, M.D., dean of GW SMHS, and co-authors Howard J. Federoff, executive vice president and executive dean of the Georgetown University Medical Center, and Mark S. Johnson, dean of Howard University's College…
Research out of the George Washington University, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveals another piece of the puzzle in a genetic developmental disorder that causes behavioral diseases such as autism.
A viewpoint in this week’s Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) discusses the issue of iodine deficiency in pregnant women in the U.S. and the potential negative health implications for both mothers and their children from this deficiency.