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June 21, 2024
The first days and weeks at home following labor and delivery can be a magical and exhausting experience for new mothers. For some, it can be a dangerous time, too. Hypertensive disorders of pregnanc...
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June 29, 2022
If you’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer, you may be overwhelmed with emotions, information, and treatment decisions. You may have met multiple breast cancer specialists at different times and in ...
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June 20, 2022
MedStar Health investigators study how applying algorithms to electronic health records can find red flags in a pregnant patient’s medical information that may put them at risk for maternal health com...
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June 03, 2022
By M. Barbara Srichai-Parsia, MD
Heart disease is the nation’s leading killer of women, and misinformation about heart health contributes to that tragic statistic. The heart, which is approximately the size of a closed...
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June 01, 2022
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women across the globe. Nearly one in every eight women will develop breast cancer, and in 2020 alone, more than 2.3 million women were diagnosed...
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May 31, 2022
The U.S. has one of the highest maternal and infant mortality rates in the world among developing countries. For decades, medical providers have understood that social and environmental inequities imp...
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May 20, 2022
If you are undergoing breast cancer treatment, you may need surgery or radiation, which can affect nearby lymph nodes in the armpit. Lymph nodes are responsible for draining lymphatic fluid from the b...