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July 21, 2023
The World Health Organization (WHO) released a global guideline about non-sugar sweeteners in May 2023 that has left a sour taste in some mouths. WHO said evidence shows that sweeteners, like...
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January 26, 2018When a patient has a stroke, seconds and minutes can make the difference between life or death. Similar to someone who has had a gunshot wound or a serious car accident, a patient who’s had a stroke n...
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January 15, 2018Dr. Bitar, medical director of MedStar Harbor Women's Care with patient Christy Ryan, RN, after the delivery of her baby girl. MedStar Harbor Women's Care Goes Above and Beyond Christy Ryan, RN,...
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January 15, 2018 By John Irwin, MD, MedStar Harbor Pediatrics Every year, thousands of children and young adults are diagnosed with juvenile diabetes, also known as type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes...
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January 07, 2018By MedStar Health Research Institute
Recently published research at MedStar investigated the link between the educational level of study participants and treatment preferences for type 2 diabetes medication. This stratification study sou...
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January 07, 2018By MedStar Health Research Institute
An analysis of the effect of diet on postmenopausal women as part of the Women’s Health Initiative shows that reducing fats and increasing vegetable, fruit, and grain intake can reduce the risk of nee...
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December 22, 2017Nearly 200,000 people get bariatric surgery each year in the United States, and about 1,000 of them are teenagers. The obesity rate among adolescents age 12 to 19 more than doubled between 1988 ...
