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May 24, 2024
A new technology available at MedStar Washington Hospital Center called pulsed field ablation (PFA) offers a treatment option for atrial fibrillation (AFib) that reduces the risk of complications. ...
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November 05, 2021
By Kerry Strom, RD, CDCES, LDN, Dietitian Educator at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center
Approximately 10% of the general population may experience chronic pain caused by nerve damage. Most of the patients referred to our plastic surgery clinic for nerve pain are seeking relief from peri...
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November 05, 2021
By MedStar Team
Women die of pregnancy-related causes at higher rates in D.C. (36 deaths per 100,000 live births) than any other state in the nation, according to 2016 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data....
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November 03, 2021
By Heather Hartman-Hall, PhD, Licensed Psychologist
If you've ever flown on a plane, you've heard a flight attendant instruct everyone to put their oxygen masks on first before helping others, in the event of an emergency. This safety spiel isn't to e...
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October 06, 2021
Starting at age 40—or sooner, based on your personal and family health history—mammography should become a central tool in your annual health checkups. Your health care team will use your mammogram re...
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October 02, 2021
By MedStar Health Research Institute
Congratulations to all MedStar researchers who had articles published in September 2021. The selected articles and link to PubMed provided below represent the body of work completed by MedStar Health ...
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October 02, 2021
By MedStar Health Research Institute
MedStar Health has been conducting a large scale, multi-site Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded Community Research Partnership (CRP) study, “A Prospective Study of COVID-19 ...