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October 22, 2025Approximately one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. In the U.S., about 317,000 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer this year and about...
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March 30, 2018Vadim Morozov, MD, FACOG, FACS, considers reading a good science fiction novel ideal for unwinding from his duties as an attending physician at the National Center for Advanced Pelvic Surgery at MedSt...
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January 23, 2018For decades, women with uterine fibroids, or benign growths inside the uterus, commonly have been offered two options to manage the symptoms—get a hysterectomy, or just deal with the pain....
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January 15, 2018Dr. 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,...
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January 07, 2018By MedStar Health Research Institute
An analysis of the effect of diet on postmenopausal women as part of the Women’s Health Initiative shows that reducing fats and increasing vegetable, fruit, and grain intake can reduce the risk of nee...
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October 23, 2017In 2014, we made a shocking discovery. While analyzing the data for women who came to our hospital for breast cancer treatment between 2006 and 2011, we found that nearly 22 percent of them had stage ...
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October 16, 2017 Nearly every pregnant woman hopes that the obstetrician she saw during her pregnancy will be the one to deliver her baby when the big day comes. And in some cases, that’s exactly wh...
