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April 22, 2024
MedStar Health Research Institute’s work with the D.C. Safe Babies Safe Moms Program informs the new Mother-Baby Intensive Outpatient Program, which provides wraparound, holistic, intensive mental he...
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March 01, 2024
More women of all races are dying of endometrial cancer, but the rate is much higher for Black women. White women’s rate went up by 0.6 per 100,000 people between 1990-94 to 2015-2019. The rate of de...
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February 26, 2024
By Kristen Miller, DrPH, MSPH, MSL, CPPS
Research funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality examines the problem of misdiagnosis of heart disease in women from multiple perspectives and develops solutions to make a difference...
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February 21, 2024
Heart failure is a common cardiac diagnosis and one of the leading causes of hospitalization in the United States. You may be surprised to learn that there are gender differences in heart failure, fr...
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January 24, 2024
By Irina Tunnage, DO, MHS, Gynecological Oncologist at MedStar Health
Every year, 14,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer. In addition, 4,000 women will die from it every year, according to the American Cancer Society. The good news is that routine screenings a...
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January 19, 2024New Guidelines Highlight Immunotherapy, Molecular Testing Benefits for Endometrial Cancer Treatment.
For the thousands of women in the U.S. who will be diagnosed with endometrial cancer this year, new guidelines from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) offer a glimpse at the most advanc...
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December 22, 2023
By Christopher M. Gallagher, MD
There are more effective screenings and treatments for breast cancer than ever. Thanks to insightful research, better early detection, and more effective therapies, the death rate from breast cancer ...