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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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February 02, 2022
Everyone knows someone—a family member, friend, colleague, or neighbor—that has battled breast cancer. In 2021 alone, about 281,000 women will receive an invasive breast cancer diagnosis,...
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December 10, 2021
By the end of 2021, approximately 60,000 new cases of endometrial cancer will be diagnosed in the U.S. Over 10,000 patients will die from it—and the majority of these people will be Black women. Endo...
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December 02, 2021
By MedStar Health Research Institute
Women comprise more than half of the 38 million individuals living with HIV worldwide. This translates to more than 19 million women living with HIV. Since 2009, HIV/AIDS has been the leading cause of...
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November 05, 2021
By MedStar Team
Women die of pregnancy-related causes at higher rates in D.C. (36 deaths per 100,000 live births) than any other state in the nation, according to 2016 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data....
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October 29, 2021
Despite increasing evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are not only safe but critical for patients who are pregnant, only 32% of pregnant people in the U.S. have been fully vaccinated before or during th...
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October 22, 2021
Choosing whether to have breast reconstruction surgery—and whether to get implants or autologous reconstruction—is one of many decisions patients with breast cancer face. Though the majority ...