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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 03, 2017By MedStar Health Research Institute
In response to limited data comparing different types of hysteropexy procedures, researchers at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and Georgetown University collaborated to publish “Vaginal and Laparo...
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February 21, 2017Women’s health care has changed dramatically over the last few years, particularly when it comes to surgery for chronic pelvic pain, abnormal bleeding and other gynecologic disorders. -
February 17, 2017BREAST Screenings are recommended for all women. Breast exam by a medical provider (every three years for women ages 20 to 39 and every year after age 40) Annual mammograms and breast exams ...
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January 10, 2017Exercising, eating right, getting plenty of sleep, and not smoking are four New Year’s resolutions you can make to improve your health. But it’s also important to get the right screening ...
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January 06, 2017If you have been diagnosed with breast cancer, your thoughts might jump ahead to the possibility of needing a mastectomy and/or breast reconstruction, as part of your treatment. But just as each cance...
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November 21, 2016Edward Cornfeld, MD, a former Ob/Gyn from Rockville, Md., is one lucky man. At 87, the avid swimmer sits in the warm sun of his bright kitchen and thinks back to last June 18. “I remember waking up br...
