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October 14, 2024
Department of Defense-funded research now underway could help solve the problem of recurrent urinary tract infections in people with spinal cord injuries. Urinary tract infection (UTI) is amon...
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February 02, 2019
By MedStar Health Research Institute
Join more than 3,000 interventional and endovascular specialists at Cardiovascular Research Technologies Conference (CRT) 2018 for a comprehensive four-day interventional cardiology conference featuri...
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January 31, 2019
By MedStar Health Research Institute
The Human Research Protection Programs (IRBs) at both Georgetown University (GU) and MedStar Health (MedStar) use an electronic system to manage their respective Human Research Protection Programs ...
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January 22, 2019
When the first minimally invasive surgery—also called laparoscopic surgery—was performed in the early 1900s, a surgeon would use a hollow wooden tube with a candle to look in a patient&r...
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January 15, 2019
Total joint replacement, comprised of hip or knee replacements, is one of the most common surgical procedures in the U.S. These devices have given millions of people continued or increased activity a...
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January 07, 2019
It might seem unusual at first to think of a doctor using laser therapy to treat a burn injury scar. Why would burning the body’s tissue further help a patient heal? But lasers are an extremely valuab...
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January 04, 2019
By MedStar Health Research Institute
This presentation will discuss the recent scientific advances that affected the results of the 2018 cyclosporiasis outbreak investigations and the scientific gaps that remain major public health and r...