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Femur Surgery Breakthrough Your next fractured bone could someday soon be easier to fix … and it’s all because one doctor reached out for help. We’ll tell you more about this new invention and the unlikely group who created it Continue »

BoneScalpel Gets Kaleigh Back in the Groove Young athletes who experience back pain are often diagnosed with a condition that left untreated, can lead to pain, numbness, and difficulty walking. But new surgical techniques are making spinal surgery less invasive and safer. Continue »

Treat HER2 Breast Cancer and Protect the Heart About 25 percent of all women with breast cancers have a subtype called HER2. Targeted therapies have greatly improved survival, but side effects have been too much for some to tolerate... Continue »

Keep Your Guns and Your Kids Safe A hospital and a store that sells guns are teaming up to make sure firearms are locked up at home... Continue »

5 Myths About Cavities More than 90 percent of adults in the U.S have cavities. While they are extremely common, there are a lot of misconceptions Continue »

Prescription Health for this week:
 

Statins: Pros and Cons

Blood Clots and Birth Control

Liver Problem - Look Inside

Home Births or Hospital?
 

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Doctor's In-depth Interview of the week
 

Coronary Artery Spasms: Prinzmetal Angina 
Peter Reyes, MD, Cardiologist
The Heart Center at Mercy, Baltimore
 

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Quote of the week:

“A garden  is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself.” 

— May Sarton



 

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