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As with any other workplace, MedStar Washington Hospital Center goes to great lengths to maintain a safe environment for physicians, staff and, of course, patients. Yet, even the most well-established...

Preventive medicine is the wave of the future as doctors and patients focus more on maintaining good health. In conjunction with the trend, medical professionals should initiate discussions with patie...

Dr. Bitar, medical director of MedStar Harbor Women's Care with patient Christy Ryan, RN, after the delivery of her baby girl. MedStar Harbor Women's Care Goes Above and Beyond Christy Ryan, RN, was ...

  A Behavioral Health Specialist Can Make all the Difference Stress and worry are part of everyday life. But what happens when you become consumed by it; when it becomes difficult to simply get throu...

In May 2017, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended that doctors not screen routinely for thyroid cancer in patients who don’t show symptoms of the disease. This recommendation c...

Research Grand Rounds are sponsored by MedStar Health Research Institute and Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS) and bring together the MedStar Heal...