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April 12, 2024
Knee replacement surgery is a daunting prospect for many of the 32.5 million adults in the U.S. who have osteoarthritis (OA), the most common type of arthritis. Over time, cartilage in the knee joint...
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January 05, 2021
Maintaining a healthy weight can be a constant challenge—and potentially more so in a pandemic situation. Many of us are not as active as we were pre–COVID-19. And when times like these call for ...
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December 30, 2020
By Kevin O’Malley, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon
The wrist is a small space with a lot of moving parts. Slender tendons pass through it, transferring power from the muscles in our forearms to our fingers and thumb. These tendons are bundled with th...
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December 28, 2020
Although not as common as other cancers, throat cancer will affect some 53,000 Americans this year and nearly 11,000 will die of the disease. This cancer can start in the mouth or tongue, as we w...
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December 23, 2020
Life was bliss for 25-year-old Tyquela Able. It was 2015 and she was loving motherhood and her new baby boy, Kimahni. But when her son was nine months old, Ms. Able was feeling fatigue that wasn’...
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December 23, 2020
By Lauren Maragh, MD, Internal Medicine Physician, MedStar Health
The cold, flu, and COVID-19 are all contagious viruses that can be spread through the air. And, because they share many of the same symptoms, it can be hard to tell which one you have when you’re...
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December 21, 2020
By Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. It’s common to feel stressed and sad occasionally around the winter holidays. In most cases, those feelings are the result of having too many obligations, exp...