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November 26, 2021
By Priyanka Sabharwal, MD, PhD
My goal for every patient with epilepsy is to improve their quality of life. So, it’s been gratifying to see more treatment options become available in recent years and help patients live longer...
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June 01, 2017Your plane tickets are purchased, accommodations are organized, and passport is squared away. You’re almost ready for a trip abroad. But depending on where you’re traveling, your health, and your plan...
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May 31, 2017By MedStar Health Research Institute
A team of researchers from MedStar Health, the Washington VA Hospital and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has collaborated on evaluating the frequency and causation of hypogonadism i...
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May 18, 2017About 48 million Americans, or approximately 20 percent of the population, have some degree of hearing loss. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hearing loss is now the third-...
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May 11, 2017An April 2017 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that 1 in 10 pregnant women in the U.S. who contracted Zika virus in 2016 had a fetus or baby with Zika-related bir...
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May 01, 2017
According to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, nearly 25 percent of people between the ages of 65 and 74 have a hearing problem. And for people 75 and older, that numbe...
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April 13, 2017“Why do I have to drive into the middle of D.C. to a burn center? There’s a hospital right by me.” We hear this question all the time. I answer that burns are wounds, but wounds aren’t burns. Burn in...
