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December 06, 2023
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurobehavioral disorder that manifests in higher levels of hyperactivity, impulsivity, and attentiveness than what is otherwise considered typica...
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July 09, 2018
According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the typical Medicare patient sees two primary care providers and five medical specialists in a year. Sixty percent of seniors are taking th...
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April 26, 2018
Patients used to rely entirely on their primary care doctors’ referrals when they needed to see cardiologists and other heart and vascular care specialists. These days, thanks to the inter...
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October 16, 2017
Millions of people get a flu vaccine in the fall as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American Medical Association and other professional medical groups. But ma...
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October 16, 2017
When you get a cold or the flu, you want to get better as soon as possible. Many people, at the first sign of illness, call their primary care physician looking for an antibiotic. But antibiotics don’...
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October 13, 2016
By Christopher M. Gallagher, MD
Many women with breast cancer never experience any of its signs or symptoms, such as a breast lump, says Christopher Gallagher, MD, medical director of the Cancer Institute at MedStar Washington Hospi...
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September 20, 2016
Before becoming a nurse navigator, I was a patient myself forging my own personal journey with breast cancer. One of the individuals who helped me was a woman who shared some of her own personal exper...