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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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May 23, 2016
Your Annual Doctor Visit May be Changing The federally sanctioned U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently issued new findings about women’s health. The panel of experts recommended that wo...
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May 04, 2016
Midwifery Delivering a baby is one of life's most memorable moments. But childbirth can also be painful. Many women struggle to balance their desire for a natural experience—free of narcotics ...
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February 24, 2016Eighty percent of all heart disease is preventable – and heart disease does affect women. In fact, it is the leading cause of death among women in the U.S. So it is very important for women of a...
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February 09, 2016
The Farming Life of Melissa Fries, MD It’s 5:30 a.m. on a weekday morning, and Melissa Fries, MD, sits in a metal shed on her rural western Montgomery County farm, hand-milking Leaf, an Oberhasli mil...
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January 08, 2015Obstetrics and Gynecology Began his Residency at Garfield Memorial Hospital; completed it at the new Washington Hospital Center in 1959SPECIAL DELIVERY: ONE OF THE FIRST CESEAREAN SECTIONS AT HOSPITA...
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January 08, 2015
General SurgeonREFLECTIONS ON MEDICAL AND SOCIAL CHANGEOne of the greatest advances I've witnessed in my time at the Hospital Center is the improvement in diagnostic methods.Better methods of imaging...
