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May 20, 2022If your goal is to lose weight, what you eat matters more than when you eat. That’s according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which found that time-restricted eating, som...
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May 18, 2021By Hedy P. Smith, MD, PhD, Hematology
Are you familiar with Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA), a serious genetic blood disorder that is caused when the sickle trait is passed from both parents to a child? Some individuals inherit a sick...
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May 14, 2021Si perteneces a la comunidad negra o latina, es posible que tengas algunas preocupaciones sobre la eficacia de la vacuna contra la COVID-19. Desde la desigualdad histórica en la investigación méd...
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May 13, 2021As the command center for every system in the body, a healthy brain requires a lot of blood to stay functional; in fact, every minute, it makes use of ¼ of the blood pumped by the heart. A dimini...
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May 11, 2021
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide. Over 14,000 American women are diagnosed each year, and over 4,000 will not survive—including about 145 in the Washington, D.C...
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May 06, 2021By Tonya R. Washington, MSN, RN
As a nurse at MedStar Washington Hospital Center for more than two decades, I have always known that our nursing team is among the finest, anywhere. Witnessing their work during the COVID-19 pandemic...
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May 06, 2021In 2020, cancer diagnoses plummeted by 50%, as many people delayed routine physicals and cancer screenings that have been proven to save lives, according to the National Cancer Institute. For Ste...
