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As many as 90 percent of burn patients report itching after their injuries, according to data cited by the Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors. Itching usually subsides over time, but more than 40 perc...

In January 2017, researchers reported that exercise is associated with a lower risk of death from metastatic colorectal cancer. Metastatic colorectal cancer is cancer of the colon or rectum that has s...

For the fifth year, the MHRI Wellness Committee invited associates to wear red in support of the American Heart Association’s (AHA) fight against heart disease. Heart disease is the leading cau...

Congratulations to all researchers who were published in February 2017. The selected articles and link to PubMed provided below represent the body of work completed by MedStar Health investigators, ph...

As announced in the July edition of Focus, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a new policy on use of a single institutional review board (IRB) for multi-site studies. The goal of thi...

At MedStar Health, we are committed to creating a healthcare environment that fosters and supports education and research. To support this effort, we are very pleased to announce FOUR intramural grant...