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March 15, 2024
Your appendix is a part of the digestive tract that most people only think about if it acts up with appendicitis. Unfortunately, in rare cases, it can also develop cancer—and young Hispanic people ar...
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April 06, 2018
“Has my cancer spread?” After a woman has had the time she needs to process a cancer diagnosis, this tends to be one of her first questions.The process of a cancer spreading is called metastasis. When...
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April 04, 2018
Diabetic foot ulcers can form quickly when a patient gets a cut on their foot and doesn’t realize it. The culprit often is neuropathy, a diabetes-related condition that deadens nerve sensa...
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March 30, 2018
Vadim Morozov, MD, FACOG, FACS, considers reading a good science fiction novel ideal for unwinding from his duties as an attending physician at the National Center for Advanced Pelvic Surgery at MedSt...
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March 15, 2018
By MedStar Team
Every patient who’s being treated for cancer should talk to their oncologist about the risk of heart-related complications. We’ve learned a lot in recent years about which cancer tre...
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March 12, 2018
My friend was in her mid-50s and, like me, she worked in health care. She was a busy mom and was very involved in church. My friend was diagnosed with colorectal cancer just five months before s...
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March 09, 2018
On March 10, 1958, the brand new and most modern Washington Hospital Center opened its doors on Irving Street, after 15 years of planning. While the location and the building were new, the staff membe...