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December 18, 2024With the holiday season finally here, many of us overindulge, leading to heartburn, acid reflux, and bloating. But when these symptoms occur regularly despite normal eating habits, you may have gastr...
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November 03, 2020MedStar Orthopaedic Institute has a uniquely qualified team dedicated to spine surgery. The spine specialists here are specially trained and experienced in caring for the entire spine,...
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October 30, 2020
By Natasha Durant, PhD, Pain Psychologist at MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital
According to the Academy of Pain Management, chronic pain affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease, and cancer combined. In fact, pain is the most common reason that people see a physician....
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October 30, 2020By MedStar Team
Researchers from MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital and MedStar Health Physical Therapy were a part of a large multi-center randomized clinical trial that found that newer and more expensive dev...
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October 23, 2020
You may be surprised to hear that everyone has hemorrhoids. In fact, I often introduce the topic to my medical students by walking around the room and pointing to unsuspecting individuals exclaiming, ...
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October 21, 2020
Some people may delay a lung cancer screening or other routine screenings out of fear of diagnosis. But the truth is, getting screened early can significantly improve your chances of survival if somet...
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October 20, 2020
By Judith H. Veis, MD, Nephrology
True or false: Chronic kidney disease, or CKD, causes more deaths than breast cancer or prostate cancer. The answer: True! A largely under-recognized public health issue, CKD is the ninth leading caus...
