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November 18, 2024A new NIH-funded study will explore whether a wearable device can provide better functional recovery data after surgery for distal radius fracture. Fractures of the wrist are very common. Yet ...
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February 02, 2019By MedStar Health Research Institute
Abstract submissions for the annual MedStar Health—Georgetown University Research Symposium are now being accepted! All abstracts must be submitted through the Symposium Abstract Submission Portal. Al...
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February 02, 2019By 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, 2019By 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, 2019When 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, 2019Total 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, 2019It 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...
