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May 09, 2025When a person feels deep sadness, we sometimes say they have “a heavy heart.” These feelings could be more than emotions at play for people at risk of heart disease, especially if they last a long ti...
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June 11, 2019The adrenal glands, located right above the kidneys, produce hormones that are critical to your health and well-being. Everyone is familiar with adrenaline, and it is one of the main hormones that t...
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May 31, 2019By MedStar Health Research Institute
At the 2019 MedStar Health-Georgetown University Research Symposium, three abstracts were recognized as outstanding abstracts from among all of our submissions. These research studies were the three h...
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May 21, 2019Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally-invasive treatment for patients with aortic stenosis, a common condition in older adults caused by progressive tightening of the aortic va...
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May 17, 2019By B. Elizabeth Delasobera, MD
"Achoo!” It’s that time of year for seasonal allergies and sometimes the common cold, two of the most common illnesses in the U.S. for both adults and children. In fact, the average American has two t...
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May 03, 2019By MedStar Health Research Institute
Investigators from MedStar Washington Hospital Center and the Division of Intramural Research at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health have recently publis...
