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New research from Michael Irwig, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, shows some men can have persistent sexual side effects lasting five years after they stop taking the drug finasteride, commonly marketed as Propecia.

DC Public Library users and employees are the recipients of improved emergency services with a donation of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) at all 25 locations, thanks to a gift from the George Washington University Cheney Cardiovascular Institute’s “ReStart DC” program.

A GW study about the cost of obesity titled “A Heavy Burden: The Individual Costs of Being Overweight and Obese in the United States,” revealing the high costs of obesity to individuals in the United States, was mentioned in a SmartMoney article about food offered at state and county fairs.

Dr. Amir Afkhami, assistant professor of Global Health in the School of Public Health and Health Services, commented on a story about Legionnaires' Disease found in the Aria Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

Dr. Jeffrey Levi, professor of Health Policy in the School of Public Health and Health Services, commented in a story about a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation stating that Americans have gotten increasingly fatter over the last 20 years.

Dr. Scott Kahan, professorial lecturer in the School of Public Health and Health Services, commented that national exercise programs that are promoted and have exposure in the District, like Michelle Obama's "Lets Move!" program, helps to keep DC adults fitter.

Jeremy Brown, M.D., clinical professor of emergency medicine, wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post examining Judaism and modern science. He is the author of the recently published book, "New Heavens and a New Earth; The Jewish Reception of Copernican Thought."

Fitzhugh Mullan, Ph.D., M.D., assistant clinical professor of pediatrics, was interviewed by Medpage Today about proposed solutions to the shortage of primary care physicians. 

Eliot Sorel, M.D., clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, talked to Aljazeera America about where the United States comes short in providing mental health care.

Mandi Pratt-Chapman, associate director of the GW Cancer Institute, was featured in the Washington Business Journal's BizBeat for receiving a $2.1 million cooperative agreement to work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to design and implement a comprehensive technical…