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- What cancer survivors need to know about heart health (Dr. Barac) – In progress – MedTouch
- Stents work to reduce chest pain—but are they better than drugs?
- Celebrated Physician: Kevin Handy, MD
- What your eyes can tell you about your health beyond how well you see
- Recognizing and treating depression in hospital patients
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- Ovarian cancer and talcum powder: What I tell patients
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- Prevent, relieve foot pain from bunions, plantar fasciitis and more
- Should men get a PSA test to screen for prostate cancer, and when?
- Literature’s lessons for medical students
- Celebrated Physician: Brooke M. Wolvin, MD
- Is it a cold, sinus infection or allergies? How to tell the difference
- Why epilepsy risk increases after age 60
- Common UTI symptoms and tips to prevent them
- Celebrated Physician: Lee Ann Richter, MD
- 5 ways to help a parent with heart disease
- Is endovascular surgery right for you?
- Saving limbs and improving lives: The Center for Limb Salvage
- Forget about vitamins, protein powders and supplements. Focus on your food!
- Celebrated Physician: Ivanesa Pardo, MD, FACS
- 5 tips to protect your eyes during the solar eclipse
- Why does back pain persist after surgery?
- Laugh through labor? Nitrous oxide makes comeback
- Summer: Taking a toll on your soles?
- How to reduce risk of kidney stones after bariatric surgery
- Celebrated Physician: Erin O’Neill, MD
- Unusual vascular condition almost costs a fitness trainer’s legs
- How we care for sexual assault survivors
- Shared decision-making: It’s no longer ‘doctor knows best’
- Why I disagree with 2017 knee arthroscopy recommendations
- How to get better shut-eye when you work night shifts
- Celebrated Physician: Helena B. Pasieka, MD, MS
- What makes a hospital ‘baby-friendly’?
- Leg pain: A potential sign of peripheral artery disease
- Tips to stay cool and safe as the heat wave moves through
- Neck surgery with shorter recovery, better range of motion
- Why I think it’s time to make statins available over-the-counter
- Celebrated Physician: Clint Pettit, MD
- Today’s stone age: How to eat to prevent kidney stones
- 2017’s growing tick problem: How to protect yourself
- How smartphones and apps are changing emergency department care
- Celebrated Physician: Pamela Paufler, MD
- When to see a headache specialist for migraine relief
- Will I encounter digestive problems after gastric bypass?
- How many people should be in the delivery room?
- Celebrated Physician: Sara Iqbal, MD
- ‘GPS’ improves knee and hip replacement outcomes
- The top 3 symptoms mistaken for allergies
- How stem cells and skin grafts are shaping the future of burn care
- Going abroad? See your doctor first
- When to go to the emergency department for heart palpitations
- How much caffeine is safe for you and your child?
- 10 Tips for Grilling Safety
- When stroke strikes, clinical trial decisions need to be made quickly
- 6 lesser-known and better-known causes of hearing loss
- Are nasal steroids safe?
- Stroke: A young person’s disease?
- Are D.C. residents at risk for Zika virus?
- How to manage the rising epidemic of heart disease
- 3 precautions to take if you choose to travel for weight loss surgery
- Am I too young for knee or hip replacement?
- Listen up: Get your hearing tested!
- 3 questions to ask before downloading a pregnancy app
- Type 2 diabetes trial offers chance to further research, treatment understanding
- Knee replacement alternative relieves pain, retains mobility
- Cardiogenetics: Detecting and Preventing Heart Disease Before it Strikes
- Not your mom’s IUD: Renewed focus on LARCs
- When to seek treatment at a burn center
- 6 frequently asked questions about bariatric surgery
- Keep moving to avoid and relieve back pain
- From treadmill to sidewalk: 4 tips to prevent running injuries
- A Patient’s Perspective: To Honor My Doctor
- Tips to make colonoscopy prep more bearable
- 2 reasons we’re seeing more high-risk pregnancies in D.C.
- Exercise Can Lower Your Risk of Colorectal Cancer
- TAVR is used for high-risk aortic stenosis patients. Why not everyone?
- Putting Sleep Apnea to Bed
- Demystifying pap smear and pelvic exam guidelines
- Why burn scars itch and how to find relief
- New Device Reduces Stroke Risk for Certain A-Fib Patients
- Happy Birthday, MedStar Washington Hospital Center: Yesterday and Today
- Walk away from colorectal cancer: Exercise can lower risk
- Safer, Faster, More Comfortable Cardiac Catheterization Gaining Ground
- A Stellar Performance: SuperStars Who Go Above and Beyond
- How do colorectal cancer screenings measure up?
- The ‘other’ drug problem: Poor medication adherence
- Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery: Know Your Options
- The dangers of loud–and dirty–earbuds and headphones
- Stress: As dangerous as high cholesterol and blood pressure
- Know your heart-healthy numbers – including CRP
- The surprising heart risks of too much sleep and exercise
- How to monitor your blood pressure at home
- What to expect during pregnancy if you have a heart condition
- Can an advanced MRI improve prostate cancer screening?
- Down with Diabetes: How to Lower Your Risks
- Why We Must Address the Psychological Impact of Burns
- Changing blood pressure targets frustrate patients – and doctors
- Solutions for Sports Injuries
- Bunions be Gone!
- The “Art” of Service: Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Thyroid Surgery: Better Care for Better Looking Results
- Springing Back from Obesity
- Neck and Back Pain Basics: What You Need to Know
- 12 Tips for Healthy Eating
- Celebrating Connectedness Now and Year-Round
- Bothered by Bunions?
- GERD Long-term Treatment Risks
- Two Eyes, One Surgery
- Breaking Down the Myths of Joint Replacement Surgery
- Right Time, Right Place: College Junior Survives Dangerous Aortic Dissection
- Midlife Intimacy: Myths vs. Reality
- HIV: Get Tested. Get Treated.
- It’s Complicated: Long-Term Treatment for Chronic GERD
- Safe Solution to Hearing Loss for People with Dementia
- One Night at the Theater, CPR was the Star
- Testing Options for High-Risk Pregnancies
- Palliative Care: Improving Quality of Life for the Seriously Ill
- Absorb™ Stent: New Dissolvable Stent Shows Promise
- A Healthy Diet Delivered to Your Door
- Improving Breast Health: One Ward at a Time
- 5 Top Things Pharmacists Want You to Know
- Avoid a Hyperparathyroidism Misdiagnosis
- Overnight Radiologists: Providing Patient Care Around the Clock
- Latest Robotic Technology Brings New Benefits to Patients
- Why You Should Learn CPR
- Pituitary Tumors: Symptoms You Should Look For
- Common Household Items to Avoid
- Walk with a Doc: Take Steps to a Healthier You
- How to create an emergency plan
- A People’s Journey – The Dedication of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
- September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month – A Survivor’s Story
- Pneumonia: A Serious but Treatable Condition
- Creating a More Complete Picture of Melanoma: Dermatopathology
- I am Nursing
- Gestational Diabetes
- What Does Heart Failure Mean for Intimacy?
- The Story of the Zika Virus Shouldn’t End with the Rio Olympics
- Are Symptoms of Heart Disease in Women Different than in Men?
- Making a Difference in Patients’ Lives
- How the WATCHMAN™ Device Reduced Stroke Risk for A-fib Patient Connie Wiley
- A Belated Valentine to the Nation’s Capital: Our New Heart & Vascular Hospital Opens
- With Early Detection, Prostate Cancer Is Treatable
- Breastfeeding: Providing Infants with Optimum Care from the Start of Life
- Reducing Hepatitis C in the African-American Community
- Celebrated Physician: Lauren M. Wiesner, MD
- Heat Exhaustion vs. Heat Stroke
- What Are the Warning Signs of Diabetic Limb Damage?
- Celebrated Physician: Susmeeta Sharma, MD
- Is Vascular Disease the Underlying Cause of Your Erectile Dysfunction?
- CPR Takes Center Stage and Saves a Theatergoer’s Life
- Helping Cancer Survivors through Art
- Don’t “Feel the Burn” this Summer
- A Kind Heart with Decades of Service
- Fond Memories and a Bright Future
- A Shining Example of Devoted and Compassionate Care
- Celebrating Fatherhood
- On a New Mission
- Building a Future
- New Vein Treatment Option
- Blue Light Cystoscopy
- Celebrated Physician: Rocco A. Armonda, MD
- New Protection Against Pneumonia
- Treatment for Fibroids
- Preventing Colon Cancer
- Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD)
- A-Fib: Minimally Invasive Treatment
- Proven Heart Valve Surgery
- Fighting Fibroids
- Thyroid Cancer
- Varicose Veins? Know Your Options.
- Marking Milestone Anniversaries for Three Remarkable Associates
- Tuning In to Vocal Disorders
- Healing Chronic Foot Pain
- Women’s Health
- A New Approach to Weight Loss
- ACL Repair
- Hepatitis C
- WATCHMAN™ Device
- Healthy Habits for a Healthy Pregnancy
- Body Contouring After Weight Loss
- Morton’s Neuroma
- Specialized Burn Treatment
- Level I Trauma Center
- Transforming Heart Care
- Immunizations During Pregnancy
- Our Nurses find Their “Center”
- Brain Surgery Without a Trace
- Voice Disorders and Preservation
- Screen Your Hearing
- Ladies: Celebrate National Women’s Health Week!
- Minutes Matter During a Stroke
- Hand Surgery
- Glaucoma Surgery
- Walk with a Doc – A Doctor’s Perspective
- Chronic Hip Pain
- Hip Preservation: New Help for Hurting Hips
- ECMO
- Midwifery
- Crohn’s Disease
- Bariatric Surgery
- Robot-Assisted Surgery
- 3-D Imaging Guides Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Cardio-Oncology
- Cardiovascular Genetics
- Thrombolytics
- Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Pelvic Floor Disorder
- Sleep Apnea Therapy
- Celebrated Physician: E. Alexandra Zubowicz, MD
- Gerard Folly’s Second Chance
- Sean Hickman’s Second Chance
- Marilyn Beeson’s Second Chance
- Morton’s Neuroma: When Feet Fight Back
- Body Contouring: Beyond Weight Loss
- A Breast Cancer Diagnosis: It Takes Your Breath Away
- I am Nursing
- I am Nursing
- Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) FREE
- Getting Care Where I’m Most Comfortable—Medical House Call Program
- A Patient with a Purpose: Battle Colon Cancer
- When Our Hospital Patients Talk, We Listen
- Colon Cancer: A Preventable and Treatable Disease
- Quick and Effective Treatment for Foot Pain
- Varicose Veins: Signs, Symptoms and Treatments
- Women and Heart Disease: What you Need to Know
- Avon Foundation Grant Allows for Breast Health Services in Ward 5
- 29 Things You Should Do for a Healthy Heart
- Go Viral: Inoculation Was Introduced to America by an African Slave
- Preventing Frostbite in Bone-Chilling Temperatures
- All About Your Pelvic Health: Pelvic Floor Disorder
- Down on the Farm with Dr. Melissa Fries
- Zika Virus Update: Stay Informed. Stay Vigilant.
- New Online Tool Allows Patients to Make Informed Heart Care Decisions
- Jonas the Blizzard: No Match for MWHC Teamwork
- Hypothyroidism: A Common Misdiagnosed Condition
- Zika Virus: What You Need to Know
- Staying Centered Throughout Cancer Treatment
- Alternative Bariatric Surgery Option
- Aging Gracefully: Mental Health
- New ACL Repair has Runner Back on Track
- Aging Gracefully: Women’s Health Issues
- Life’s Pleasures Restored Post Peripheral Vascular Disease
- No One Should Die Alone: The Gift of Being There for Patients
- Aging Gracefully: Maintain Healthy Bones
- Medical Advice: Mammogram and Pap Screening Recommendations
- Sleep Apnea Treatment Options
- Dr. Martin Luther King: Service is a Part of Us
- Above All Patients First: Shining Examples of Devoted and Compassionate Care
Cancer
- National Cancer Institute Renews Prestigious Designation of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Can Talcum Powder Cause Ovarian Cancer? What Women Need to Know
- How Doctors are Screening Smarter for Prostate Cancer
- High Rate of Advanced Colon Cancer Found Among African Americans in Ward 5
- Innovative Technology Improves Detection of Bladder Cancer
- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Recognizes Nurse Joy Moore as 2015 Hematology/Oncology Nurse of the Year
- What Every Woman Needs to Know About Breast Cancer
- Drug/Chemotherapy Combination Lengthens Survival for Patients with Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer
- New Data Shows High Rate of African-American Women Seeking Treatment for Advanced Breast Cancer
- African-American Women More Likely to Be Diagnosed with Higher Risk Breast Cancer
- Dr. Elmer Huerta Named White House Prevention & Public Health Champion of Change
- One-Time, One Dose Radiation Treatment Offered for Breast Cancer Patients
- MedStar Surgeon Responds to New Law Targeting the Most Deadly Cancers
Cardiology
- New Non-Invasive Cardiac Test Can Help Physicians Diagnose Heart Disease
- MedStar Washington Hospital Center Again Ranks Among Top U.S. Hospitals for Cardiovascular Care
- 13 Patients Receive New Hearts During COVID-19 Pandemic
- First Patient Enrolled in Novel Stem Cell Trial for Heart Failure Treatment
- MedStar Washington Hospital Center Named One of Nation’s Top 50 For Cardiovascular Care
- Early Detection of Heart Valve Disease is Key to Avoiding Surgery
- Innovative Stem Cell Therapeutic Strategy May be Transformative for Heart Failure Treatment
- TAVR Clinical Trial Provides ‘Strong Signal’ Procedure is Safe for Patients with Low Surgical Mortality Risk
- Dr. William O. Suddath Named Chairman of Cardiology at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center
- New Stem Cell Therapy May Transform Heart Failure Treatment
- Dr. Seth Worley Joins MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute’s Cardiac Electrophysiology Program
- First in Northeast Region to Implant Investigational Stroke-Reducing Device
- Major Milestone: MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute Performs 100th WATCHMAN Procedure
- Is There a Magic Number for High Pressure?
- MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute Offers Fully Dissolving Heart Stent
- First and Only Dedicated Heart & Vascular Hospital to Open in the Nation’s Capital
- New Online Tool Allows Patients to Make Informed Heart Care Decisions
- First-of-its-Kind Study Launched Evaluating Use of TAVR in Low-Risk Patients
- Top National Recognition for MedStar Washington’s Cardiovascular Care by U.S. News
- Newly Approved WATCHMAN Heart Device Gives Patients Alternative to Blood Thinners and Reduces Stroke Risk
- Dr. Steven Goldstein Receives Physician Lifetime Achievement Award from American Society of Echocardiography
- $10 Million Leadership Gift from Local Philanthropists to Support New Heart Hospital
- Study Finds Mobile App Speeds Treatment For Heart Attack Patients
- First Phase of New Heart Hospital is Open at MedStar Washington Hospital Center
- MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute Expands Alliance with Cleveland Clinic
- U.S.News Ranks MedStar’s Cardiac Care in Nation’s Top 50
- 25 Years Later, A Donor Heart Still Strong and Supple
- MedStar Heart Institute Selected for ACC Patient Navigator Program
- Allen Taylor Named New Chief of Cardiology
- Only Heart Program in the Washington Area to be Ranked Nationally by U.S.News
- Heart Surgery Program Earns Coveted Top Quality Rating
- Simple New Test Predicts Future Risk for Serious Cardiac Events
- First-of-its-Kind Alliance between MedStar Heart Institute and Cleveland Clinic
Emergency medicine/trauma
- Uptick of Kitchen Burns as More People Stayed in and Cooked More During the Pandemic
- Burn Center Receives $119,500 Donation from the D.C. Firefighters Burn Foundation
- A Notable Honor for Ebola Response Team as it Planned and Prepared for the Ebola Virus
- New Study Reconfirms: Calling 9-1-1 can be the Difference Between Life and Death
- D.C. Ranks First In The Nation For Its Ability To Support Emergency Patients
- MedSTAR Transport Helicopter Service Marks 30 Years of Service
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- A Proven Model: National Demonstration Validates Treating Frail Elders in their Home Saves in Medicare Costs
- Dr. Eric De Jonge Honored with the DCHA Distinguished Service Award
- New Data Shows Home-Based Primary Care Lowers Medicare Costs for High-Risk Elders
- MedStar Washington Hospital Center Offers New Fellowship Program in Geriatric Medicine
- Dr. Namirah Jamshed Named House Call Educator of the Year
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- MedStar Washington Hospital Center Earns Get With The Guidelines – Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award
- WATCHMAN FLX™ in Clinical Trial at MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute
- MedStar Washington Neonatal ICU Achieves Three Years Without a Single Central Line Infection
- New Grant Brings Access to Health Care/Pregnancy Prevention Services for Youth in High-Risk Neighborhood in D.C.
- MedStar Washington Hospital Center Receives Additional $100K Grant from Avon Foundation for Women to Continue Breast Cancer Outreach in Ward 5
- MedStar Washington Hospital Center Named to Becker’s “100 Great Hospitals in America”
- DC Council Honors Teen Parent Program for its Commitment to Helping Young Mothers
- MedStar Washington Hospital Center Named Community and Aging Advocate of the Year by Capitol Hill Village
- Respiratory Therapist Cathy Hughes Recognized for Providing Efficient Patient Care
- Two Women’s Health Practices Receive Distinct Certification for Excellence in Patient Safety
- MedStar Washington Hospital Center Receives Grant to Address Gaps in Medical Education
- MedStar Washington Hospital Center Named Region’s First Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center
- Two High Quality Achievement Awards for Stroke Center
- MedStar Washington Hospital Center Named to Becker’s “100 Great Hospitals in America”
- MedStar Washington Hospital Center Physicians Named Among Region’s “Best Doctors” by Washingtonian
- Edward Y. Woo Named Head of MedStar Regional Vascular Surgery Program
- Dedication of the New Center for Excellence in Nursing
- MedStar Washington Hospital Center & MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital Among 25 Stroke Centers Nationwide to Help Advance Stroke Research
- Teen Parent Program Earns Prestigious Community Service Award
- Susan Eckert Honored for Excellence in Nursing by Washingtonian Magazine
- M. Joy Drass, MD, Selected as 2013 Women Who Mean Business
- Three MedStar D.C.-Based Hospitals Highlighted in Healthcare Equality Index 2013
- MedStar Washington Earns Prestigious Clinical Excellence Award
- MedStar’s Washington Cancer Institute Nurse Honored
- Major Grant to Support and Expand Hair, Heart and Health Community Program
- Veteran Communicator Expected to Build on Hospital Center’s Recent Achievements
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- MedStar Washington Hospital Center Now Offering Novel Robotic Platform to Diagnose Lung Conditions
- MedStar Washington Hospital Center First in D.C. to Use Mobile Intraoperative CT Scanner for Neurosurgery
- Pregnancy App is a Hit with Moms-To-Be and Their Midwives
- New Videophone Technology Enhances Communication for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Patients
- MedStar Washington Hospital Center Saves Critical Time Diagnosing Stroke Patients With MRI By Borrowing “Lean” Manufacturing Principles
- MedStar Washington Hospital Center Offers Women Nitrous Oxide for Pain Relief During Labor
- Botox Injections Can Do More Than Enhance a Woman’s Face
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- MedStar Washington Hospital Center Medical-Surgical Unit Receives AMSN PRISM Award® for Exemplary Practice
- President John Sullivan Retiring; Gregory Argyros, MD, Named Successor
- Heart Surgery Program Earns Top Quality Rating
- MedStar Washington Hospital Center Receives Pathway to Excellence® Designation
- Condition Report: Rep. Steve Scalise
- MedStar Washington Hospital Center Earns Prestigious “Baby-Friendly” Designation
- Condition Report: Representative Steve Scalise
- Condition Report: Congressman Steve Scalise
- Condition Update: Rep. Steve Scalise Progress
- Condition Update: Representative Steve Scalise
- Condition Update: Rep. Steve Scalise
- Condition Update: Congressman Steve Scalise
- MedStar Washington Hospital Center Receives $232,000 to Combat Crisis of Advanced Colon Cancer among African-Americans in Ward 5
- Metro Track Work Begins June 3
- Medical ICU Reaches Rare Milestone: 2 Years CLABSI-Free
- MedStar Response to Incorrect Media Reports
- April 4, (2 p.m.) MedStar Washington Hospital Center Update
- April 3 (2 p.m.) Update for MedStar Providers
- 2 p.m. MedStar Washington Hospital Center Update Regarding Computer Network
- 5 p.m. MedStar Washington Hospital Center Update Regarding Computer Downtime
- 3 p.m. MedStar Washington Hospital Center Update Regarding Computer Downtime
- MedStar Washington Hospital Center Update Regarding Computer Downtime
- Statement from MedStar Health Regarding Computer Downtime
- Cutting-Edge ACL Repair Puts Patients Back on Top Quickly
- New Vice Presidents in Medical Affairs Named to Enhance Quality Patient Care Initiatives
- Kidney Transplant Coordinator Julie Haimes Recognized for Always Putting Patients First
- A FREE Live Webcast “Pelvic Floor and More” on September 30
- MedStar Washington Hospital Center Hits Safety Milestone
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