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More Goes into Physical Therapy than Meets the Eye The biggest misconception about physical therapy (PT), says Clinical Coordinator Ukonnaya Bigelow, PT, DPT, is that not much goes into physical ther...

Special Care for Special Deliveries  It’s a scene that parents-to-be imagine hundreds of times: the day they welcome their little one into their family and meet their new baby face to...

Cardiology Terms to Know By: Athanasios Thomaides, MD, FACC Heart attack: The medical term for a heart attack is myocardial infarction (MI).  MIs are caused by blocked arteries supplying the mus...

When Emergency Department (ED) nurse Cathy Ruffin heard of the catastrophic flooding ravaging Louisiana, she sprang into action.  Because of her experience at MedStar Southern Maryland, her imm...

Anita Persing of White Plains, Maryland, chose John Byrne, MD, and MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center for her total knee replacement surgeries. Here’s why. Anita Persing has always ...

CLINTON, MD – MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center has been named the #2 Hospital in the Washington Region and the #5 Hospital in the State of Maryland, as rated by the 2016 Best Hospitals editi...