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January 23, 2023
MedStar Health Research Institute is now enrolling patients with peripheral artery disease in an observational study of two devices used to treat the condition. Diversity, equity, and inclusio...
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December 03, 2017
By MedStar Health Research Institute
Congratulations to all MedStar researchers who had articles published in November 2017. The selected articles and link to PubMed provided below represent the body of work completed by MedStar Health i...
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December 03, 2017MG-SORC Research Finds Unexpected Results on Medicaid Expansion and Reduction of Disparity in Access
By MedStar Health Research Institute
The research team from the MedStar-Georgetown Surgical Outcomes Research Center (MG-SORC) recently published their findings on mixed effects on pre-ACA Medicaid expansion on access to surgical cancer ...
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November 30, 2017
Cigarettes and other tobacco products contain one of the world’s most addictive substances: nicotine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that a little more than 15 percent ...
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November 27, 2017
In November 2017, martial arts expert and actor Chuck Norris filed a lawsuit in California alleging an ingredient in a contrast dye used in a specific type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) poisoned...
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November 15, 2017
On Nov. 13, 2017, two leading health groups, the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC), jointly released new guidelines that group more individuals into the cat...
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November 03, 2017
For years, patients with angina (chest pain) caused by blockages in the arteries have been treated with medications. When medications alone aren’t enough, cardiologists have turned to stents—small mes...