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May 28, 2024
This article was written by Kathryn Walker, PharmD and Hunter Groninger, MD. In collaboration with investigators at the University of Pennsylvania, this NIH-funded research will examine a meth...
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May 16, 2022
Since well before the horrific Tuskegee Experiment, Black patients have had a complicated relationship with health care systems, steeped in generational mistrust and compounded by personal experience....
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May 04, 2022
By MedStar Health Research Institute
By and large, hospitals are extremely safe places—thanks in large part to nurses, who are responsible for delivering safe, exceptional patient care. Nurses are on the frontlines to prevent safet...
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May 03, 2022
Think of a stone falling into a pond. It happens in an instant, but the ripples on the water’s surface spread in the periphery long after the stone is submerged. Psychological trauma lingers sim...
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April 18, 2022
By MedStar Health Research Institute
As the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, ventilators can provide lifesaving breathing support when illness or injury impairs breathing. However, being on a ventilator that essentially breathes for you can ...
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April 04, 2022
By MedStar Health Research Institute
MedStar Health researchers are using data to investigate the effects of environmental contaminants on human health. Per- and Poly-fluoroalkyl Substances or PFAS are a group of more than 12,000 chemic...
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March 28, 2022
By MedStar Health Research Institute
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a ligament in your knee that keeps it moving normally. When the ACL is torn, some patients need surgery to make the knee stable enough to return to their normal...