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November 05, 2020
When Dana Reeve—wife of disabled actor Christopher Reeve and a well-known activist for disabled persons’ rights—succumbed to lung cancer at age 44, her death raised a lot of eyebrows—and a lot of awa...
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January 29, 2019
By MedStar Team
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory condition that primarily affects peripheral joints (typically the hands, wrists, elbows, knees, feet, and ankles) of about 1.5 million Americans, due to...
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January 22, 2019
When the first minimally invasive surgery—also called laparoscopic surgery—was performed in the early 1900s, a surgeon would use a hollow wooden tube with a candle to look in a patient&rs...
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January 15, 2019
Total joint replacement, comprised of hip or knee replacements, is one of the most common surgical procedures in the U.S. These devices have given millions of people continued or increased activity an...
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January 08, 2019
A vasectomy is one way men can prevent their partners from becoming pregnant—without affecting sexual function or the ability to orgasm.A vasectomy is a noninvasive surgery that prohibits sperm from b...
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January 02, 2019
Whenever we eat or drink, we’re putting the pancreas to work. The pancreas is a large gland that’s tucked behind the stomach and the intestines. It has two jobs: to produce chemicals called enzymes th...
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December 18, 2018
In most women, the endometrium—the mucous membrane lining the uterus—grows inside the uterus and sheds during the monthly period. But in women with endometriosis, the endometrium starts to grow outsid...