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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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August 06, 2024
By by MedStar Team
A post-FDA-approval clinical trial at MedStar Health Research Institute connects patients with first-line Afib treatment, reducing the time from diagnosis to symptom relief. Atrial fibrillation (Afib)...
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July 22, 2024Our research demonstrates a link between a child’s health and developmental outcomes and their social determinants of health, such as food insecurity, social connectedness, and parental stress...
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July 15, 2024By Neil J. Weissman, MD, Chief Scientific Officer
Clinical trials are an essential way we create new knowledge about how to help our patients heal. Yet, despite our efforts to expedite this work, clinical trials remain inefficient, expensive, slow, ...
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July 09, 2024
By Jodi-Ann Boreland, Program Coordinator
Research demonstrates that remote blood pressure monitoring and education programs for expectant and new mothers close care gaps with real-time feedback and intervention. Develop...
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June 21, 2024
The first days and weeks at home following labor and delivery can be a magical and exhausting experience for new mothers. For some, it can be a dangerous time, too. Hypertensive disorders of pregnanc...
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June 17, 2024
MedStar Health Research Institute is now enrolling patients in the prospective, multi-center Pathfinder 2 trial of an early detection test for multiple types of cancer. The sooner cancer is found, th...
