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July 16, 2025
Learning you have an uncommon type of cancer, such as a sarcoma, can create a lot of questions: How are sarcomas diagnosed? What are the treatment options? Will I lose my arm or leg? Our collaborativ...
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June 22, 2016CANCER: Knowing Your ABCDEs Can Help You Catch Melanoma Early Checking your skin from head to toe each month can help you spot changes that could be symptoms of skin cancer. When ...
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June 22, 2016Leslie O’Donnell has been on both sides of the wonderful care at MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital’s kidney dialysis center. After her mother received dialysis in its outpatient dialysis center for 20 ...
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June 20, 2016By MedStar Health Research Institute
Baby Boomers at Risk for this Silent Disease Most people who have hepatitis C, a viral infection of the liver, have no symptoms until the disease has caused significant liver damage. That’s why it’s i...
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February 23, 2016Shingles is a painful and serious illness that affects nearly 1M people in the US each year. Understanding risks and symptoms can help with prevention. -
January 07, 2016Physicians are spreading the word about the growing local incidence of Chagas disease, a parasitic infection that can damage the heart. -
September 02, 2015An inaccurate diagnosis at another hospital almost cost Steven Jones his life. Fortunately, his wife, medical director of Washington Cancer Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, knew ...
