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April 25, 2025
By MedStar Team
This article was written by Hilary Hancock BSN, RN, CWON. From the day we’re born, or at least the day we’re potty trained, we come to expect that using the toilet is a fact of lif...
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May 08, 2017
It’s difficult to pin down the exact number of people who travel abroad to access medical services, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that thousands of U.S. residents ...
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May 05, 2017
By MedStar Health Research Institute
Kathryn Curtin, RN, BSN, and Shannon Walters, RN, BSN, from MedStar Washington Hospital Center presented “Follow the Blue Feet: Nurse Implemented Post-operative MOBILITY Program” at the 2017 MedStar H...
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May 04, 2017
A 30-year-old man came to our emergency room with excruciating pain in both hips. He had been experiencing pain for several years, but it had become so bad he hadn’t been able to walk for a couple wee...
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April 27, 2017
If you Google “pregnancy apps,” there’s no shortage of articles with titles such as “10 best pregnancy apps” or “Must-have apps during pregnancy.” Accor...
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April 24, 2017
Some people with Type 2 diabetes can manage the disease with diet and exercise alone. Others need medication, in addition to lifestyle management, to reach their target blood sugar levels, and many wi...
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April 18, 2017
Tune in to the full podcast with Dr. Susan O’Donoghue. LISTEN NOW!A relatively new sub-specialty of cardiology is helping people with a family history of certain serious heart problems understand ...