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June 27, 2022
MedStar Health Research Institute investigators examine VR technology for pain management. In the interdisciplinary practice of palliative care, we help patients cope with the symptoms of serio...
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August 21, 2018
Most of the time, people don’t notice their salivary glands. They are located in the mouth and throat, and they produce saliva. We start to notice these glands if a stone or tumor develops and blocks ...
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August 07, 2018
Imagine feeling one or more of these symptoms in your pelvic area up to 95 percent of the time: Burning Pinching Stabbing That’s the reality for women with chronic pelvic pain, which can be co...
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July 31, 2018
By MedStar Health Research Institute
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued a new guidance in June 2018 that provides clarification on the use and disclosure of protected health information ...
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July 31, 2018
By MedStar Health Research Institute
Jessica E. Galarraga, MD, MPH, has been awarded an Early Career Research Development Grant from the Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) to continue her research evaluating the health care delivery eff...
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July 17, 2018
As the American Cancer Society notes, doctors diagnose about 10,000 pituitary tumors each year in the United States. However, that’s actually just a fraction of the number of tumors that people likely...
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July 11, 2018
By MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute Team
Heart valve disease, a malfunction of one or more of the valves that allow blood to flow through the heart, affects roughly 2.5 percent of the U.S. population. More than 6 million people live in the W...