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January 05, 2026By Neil J. Weissman, MD, Chief Scientific Officer
My mother, now 90, grew up in an era where the ‘doctor knows best, but those days of assumed expertise are gone. Only 36% of U.S. adults say they have a great deal of confidence in the medical system...
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January 07, 2018By MedStar Health Research Institute
The Revised Common Rule compliance date is quickly approaching on January 19, 2018. The Office of Research Integrity and MHRI leadership are working to ensure required changes to our policies and proc...
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January 07, 2018By MedStar Health Research Institute
Recently published research at MedStar investigated the link between the educational level of study participants and treatment preferences for type 2 diabetes medication. This stratification study sou...
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December 14, 2017In the 1990s, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a treatment for bladder cancer called Bacillus Calmette-Guerin therapy, or BCG, which stimulates the immune system and helps keep patients...
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December 12, 2017Doctors are seeing more patients with thyroid cancer in the last 30 years, as data from the American Cancer Society show. Thyroid cancer is the fastest-growing cancer diagnosis in the United Sta...
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December 08, 2017Michael Sherman, DO, director of MedStar Washington Hospital Center’s Nephrology and Hypertension Clinic, says solving problems and working with people motivated his choice of a career in medicine. Ye...
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December 04, 2017
People sometimes mistakenly think that accepting palliative care means they have to stop receiving other medical treatment. However, palliative care is a specialty service that can be provided at any ...
