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July 19, 2023
By Ryan Katz, MD, Hand surgeon at the Curtis National Hand Center
Summer fun unfortunately brings an increase in hand and arm trauma due to seasonal outdoor activities. Aside from fractures and sprains due to sports accidents, trauma from the lawn mower and burns f...
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March 28, 2022
By MedStar Health Research Institute
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a ligament in your knee that keeps it moving normally. When the ACL is torn, some patients need surgery to make the knee stable enough to return to their normal...
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March 02, 2022
By MedStar Team
If you’ve ever felt a dull ache or pain in your shoulder, you may have experienced damage to your rotator cuff. Rotator cuff tears are common in both men and women, especially as you get older....
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January 12, 2022
Your foot is composed of 26 bones, 30 joints, and more than one hundred ligaments, muscles, and tendons that work together to provide stability, balance, and support as you move. When any one of thos...
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December 29, 2021
By MedStar Team
Historically, patients who needed spine surgery could expect a long recovery process, often with a week-long hospital stay. Today, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols are helping patients...
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November 10, 2021
By Dr. Maggie Arnold, MD, Vascular Surgeon
While the weather might be getting colder now, before you know it it’ll be summer again, and you’ll be breaking out those shorts you’ve recently hid in the back of your closet. ...
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September 29, 2021
No matter how many greens you eat or hours of sleep and exercise you get, you can’t stop the aging process—and aging is the No. 1 driver of atrial fibrillation (AFib), which increases the risk of str...