Health News Magazine Summer/Fall 2018
Health News from George Washington University Hospital is a publication designed to bring you the latest news as well as health and wellness information you can use throughout the year.
In This Issue:
![GW Health News - How a cochlear implant helped me hear again GW Health News - How a cochlear implant helped me hear again](https://www.gwhospital.com/sites/gwhospital.com/files/styles/article_thumb/public/images/article/GW_Health_News_SummerFall-18-How-a-Cochlear-main.jpg?itok=ncBEm66G)
Summer/Fall 2018
"How a cochlear implant helped me hear again"
Thirty-six-year-old Tracy Allison has had hearing loss for most of her life caused by bacterial meningitis when she was a baby.
![GW Health News - Not just for athletes: How sports medicine can benefit anyone GW Health News - Not just for athletes: How sports medicine can benefit anyone](https://www.gwhospital.com/sites/gwhospital.com/files/styles/article_thumb/public/images/article/GW-Health-News_SummerFall-18-Not-Just-for-Athletes-main.jpg?itok=MEwb_F8Z)
Summer/Fall 2018
Not just for athletes: How sports medicine can benefit anyone
Sports medicine doctors can play an important role in keeping professional athletes on the playing field, but even non-athletes can benefit from this type of medicine, says Rajeev Pandarinath, MD.
![GW Health News - I have hope for the future GW Health News - I have hope for the future](https://www.gwhospital.com/sites/gwhospital.com/files/styles/article_thumb/public/images/article/GW_Health_News_SummerFall-18-I-Have-Hope-main.jpg?itok=VFjsxA38)
Summer/Fall 2018
"I have hope for the future"
Mark Swartz is the first patient at GW Hospital to receive a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), a mechanical pump that keeps his heart functioning while he awaits a heart transplant.
![GW Health News - Virtual reality technology takes patients and doctors inside the brain GW Health News - Virtual reality technology takes patients and doctors inside the brain](https://www.gwhospital.com/sites/gwhospital.com/files/styles/article_thumb/public/images/article/GW_Health_News_SummerFall-18-Looking-Inside-main.jpg?itok=wpADzGZQ)
Summer/Fall 2018
Virtual reality technology takes patients and doctors inside the brain
Danielle Collins exercises religiously and makes her health a priority, so when she was suddenly diagnosed with a serious and rare brain condition at age 27, it was a shock.
![GW Health News - The next frontier in virtual reality technology GW Health News - The next frontier in virtual reality technology](https://www.gwhospital.com/sites/gwhospital.com/files/styles/article_thumb/public/images/article/GW_Health_News_SummerFall-18-The-next-frontier-main.jpg?itok=zPwmO7RC)
Summer/Fall 2018
The next frontier in virtual reality technology
GW Hospital’s Thoracic Surgery Department is the first in the nation to trial Precision VR™ by Surgical Theater — a patient specific 360° virtual reality imaging platform for patient engagement, surgical planning and intraoperative visualization.
![GW Health News Special arrival: New camera technology helps keep parents and newborns close GW Health News Special arrival: New camera technology helps keep parents and newborns close](https://www.gwhospital.com/sites/gwhospital.com/files/styles/article_thumb/public/images/article/GW_Health_News_SummerFall-18-Special-arrival-new-main.jpg?itok=nCzDJCUO)
Summer/Fall 2018
Special arrival: New camera technology helps keep parents and newborns close
GW Hospital now offers NicView™ technology in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to help parents stay connected with their babies 24/7.
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Summer/Fall 2018
"They re-wrote my future." — Lauren Levinson
Days before finding out she was pregnant with her second child, Lauren Levinson learned that she had the BRCA1 mutation, a genetic alteration that made it about three to seven times more likely for her to develop breast cancer in her lifetime.