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Transplant Patient Starts off New Year with a Better Night’s Sleep and Gratitude for NPR Listeners after National Broadcast
January 24, 2017
MedStar Georgetown kidney transplant recipient Constance Creasey learned about the kindness of strangers after a national radio broadcast featured her story, along with an interview with Dr. Matthew Cooper, MD, medical director of the Kidney Pancreas Transplant program at the MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute. NPR national medical correspondent Richard Harris compiled a story about Medicare […]
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New Medical/Surgical Pavilion at MedStar Georgetown Moves Another Step Forward
The Old Georgetown Board (OGB) of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts has given concept approval to plans for a new medical/surgical pavilion at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
Study: Cancer Drug Restores Important Brain Dopamine in Parkinson’s Patients
A small phase I study provides molecular evidence that an FDA-approved drug for leukemia significantly increased brain dopamine and reduced toxic proteins linked to disease progression in patients with Parkinson’s disease or dementia with Lewy bodies.