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January 17, 2025By Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD
Parenting may be the hardest job you’ll ever love, and a new advisory by the U.S. Surgeon General confirms: Parents in the U.S. are under a consistently high level of stress that can impact their men...
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November 10, 2016When you’ve been through breast cancer and have weathered the storm of diagnosis and treatment, it’s normal to want nothing more than to climb back ashore and reclaim your former life.Many cancer surv...
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November 02, 2016Having a healthy diet has never been easier thanks to MedStar Health and WellRooted providing convenient and diverse meal options delivered to your door. -
October 25, 2016By Cheryl Hughes, Licensed clinical social worker, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
One of the first thoughts many patients have after learning they have cancer is, “How do I tell my children?”At first, you may be inclined to avoid the question altogether. This is understandable; you...
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October 19, 2016Our pharmacists play a vital role in ensuring safe and effective medication use, counseling patients and providing drug information to health providers. Here are 5 top things our pharmacists want you to know about using medication wisely. -
October 18, 2016Sometimes the deadliest diseases can be the hardest to detect.Such is the case with hypertension, or high blood pressure. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about one-t...
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October 18, 2016By Patrick ZicklerAustin Thomas is young and fit and has always been careful about what she eats. She earned a master’s degree in nutrition in part to understand the digestive problems that had bother...
