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November 27, 2024By MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute at MedStar Health
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death, but innovative treatments offer more hope to patients with the disease than ever before. This is especially true for patients with lung cancer in ear...
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March 31, 2017By MedStar Health Research Institute
Thanks to our high-reliability culture, MedStar receives many Good Catches every year, many of which are shared in the Good Catch Monday emails, and through the sharing of Safety Moments and in Safety...
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March 30, 2017National Doctors' Day is held each year on March 30th, as a day set aside to honor the significant contribution physicians and caregivers make to communities, and their unwavering commitment to provid...
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March 30, 2017
At least once a month, a patient asks if I’ve read Dave Barry’s column about getting a colonoscopy. The humor writer discusses how fear kept him from getting the procedure until he was 60 – a decade a...
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March 24, 2017For 21 years, Ali Wisseman had type 1 diabetes. A kidney and pancreas transplant in 2009 cured her condition, but she still battles the chronic effects. -
March 24, 2017Alexandra Learned Preston and her husband, John Preston, were longtime residents and supporters of the Georgetown community. -
March 24, 2017The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that “abdominal pain” is the most common reason for a trip to the ED.
