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February 01, 2023
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited heart condition in the world, affecting approximately 1 in 500 people. It causes parts of the heart to thicken, which can make it more d...
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October 23, 2020
You may be surprised to hear that everyone has hemorrhoids. In fact, I often introduce the topic to my medical students by walking around the room and pointing to unsuspecting individuals exclaiming, ...
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October 03, 2020
By MedStar Team
Recently published collaborative research examined utilization patterns and predictors of computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) results in the emergency department. “High Scan Volume ...
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October 01, 2020
By Victoria Lai, MD, MS, FACS, Endocrine Surgery
What do music artist Missy Elliot and Olympic gold medalist Gail Devers have in common? Besides being successful public figures, they’ve both battled a common enemy. At the peak of their careers...
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September 25, 2020
If you have found yourself mindlessly finishing off a big bag of chips or a quart of ice cream during these unsettling times, you are not alone. Many of us turn to food for comfort when we are experie...
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September 24, 2020
Some health risks can be hard to pin down, challenging to manage or impossible to control. High cholesterol is just the opposite. Although an estimated one in three Americans has it—and decades of ex...
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September 23, 2020
Colon cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed type of cancer in men and women in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. But a diagnosis doesn’t have to be a death sentence wh...