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Health - Washingtonian https://dev.w-cm.com The website that Washington lives by. Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:23:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://dev.w-cm.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-washingtonian-favicon-gigantic-138x138.png Health - Washingtonian https://dev.w-cm.com 32 32 https://dev.w-cm.com/2023/12/26/the-surprising-past-of-an-advocate-for-dcs-unhoused/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-surprising-past-of-an-advocate-for-dcs-unhoused https://dev.w-cm.com/2023/12/26/the-surprising-past-of-an-advocate-for-dcs-unhoused/#respond Tue, 26 Dec 2023 12:00:30 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1668865 It’s a busy fall weekday at Union Station, and I’m sitting at a table near the entrance, having a conversation with Ami Angell. The founder of a DC organization called the h3 Project, Angell works to combat homelessness and human trafficking in Union Station and several DC neighborhoods—everything from handing out clothes to helping people […]

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These Experts Help People Downsize and Move https://dev.w-cm.com/2023/12/14/these-experts-help-people-downsize-and-move/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=these-experts-help-people-downsize-and-move https://dev.w-cm.com/2023/12/14/these-experts-help-people-downsize-and-move/#respond Thu, 14 Dec 2023 12:00:28 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1667167 In her 22 years helping seniors move, Charna Kinneberg has encountered all sorts of collections—fine china, shot glasses, baseball cards, Beanie Babies. One of the most memorable: the client with more than 70 Madame Alexander dolls, which sold at auction for $5,000. Another client, with the last name Bell, owned dozens of bells—“crystal bells, porcelain […]

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How a Local Doctor Is Using Tech to Try to Save Lives https://dev.w-cm.com/2023/12/05/how-a-local-doctor-is-using-tech-to-try-to-save-lives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-a-local-doctor-is-using-tech-to-try-to-save-lives https://dev.w-cm.com/2023/12/05/how-a-local-doctor-is-using-tech-to-try-to-save-lives/#respond Tue, 05 Dec 2023 12:02:49 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1664923 Ten years ago, when physician Lisa Fitzpatrick was running an outpatient infectious-­disease treatment facility at United Medical Center in Southeast DC, one of her patients was so scared in the wake of a positive HIV test that he refused to return for treatment. So Fitzpatrick agreed to meet with him out on the street, and […]

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Divorce Rates Are Rising Just for This Age Group https://dev.w-cm.com/2023/12/04/divorce-rates-are-rising-just-for-this-age-group/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=divorce-rates-are-rising-just-for-this-age-group https://dev.w-cm.com/2023/12/04/divorce-rates-are-rising-just-for-this-age-group/#respond Mon, 04 Dec 2023 12:00:41 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1665150 While divorce rates have declined ever so slightly over the past two decades, one cohort has been bucking the trend: baby boomers. Research shows that boomers—those born between 1946 and 1964—are divorcing more than any other generation. Yet in recent years, what had been dubbed “gray divorces” is now also being called, perhaps more accurately, […]

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20 DC-Area Charities Where Your Donations Will Impact the Local Community https://dev.w-cm.com/2023/11/27/dc-area-charities-where-donations-impact-the-local-community/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-area-charities-where-donations-impact-the-local-community https://dev.w-cm.com/2023/11/27/dc-area-charities-where-donations-impact-the-local-community/#respond Mon, 27 Nov 2023 16:07:52 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1664823 If You Want to Support Education 1. LearnServe International The organization empowers area middle- and high-school students to create social programs that benefit their communities and beyond, and offers an opportunity to compete for funding through the LearnServe Incubator. $100 will buy: A seed grant for a student-led social venture.   2. Words Beats & […]

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https://dev.w-cm.com/2023/11/15/executive-health-exams-are-costly-comprehensive-and-controversial-whats-it-like-to-get-one/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=executive-health-exams-are-costly-comprehensive-and-controversial-whats-it-like-to-get-one https://dev.w-cm.com/2023/11/15/executive-health-exams-are-costly-comprehensive-and-controversial-whats-it-like-to-get-one/#respond Wed, 15 Nov 2023 12:00:28 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1661344 On a recent autumn evening, by a golf course at the Greenbrier resort, I sipped a rye Manhattan to try to trip my heart into an arrhythmia. Scout’s honor, this was for legitimate medical reasons, though not quite in line with the doctor’s advice. For seven-plus years, I’ve sporadically awakened in the night with my […]

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This New Online Quiz Helps Women Determine Their Breast Cancer Risk https://dev.w-cm.com/2023/10/30/this-new-online-quiz-helps-women-determine-their-breast-cancer-risk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-new-online-quiz-helps-women-determine-their-breast-cancer-risk https://dev.w-cm.com/2023/10/30/this-new-online-quiz-helps-women-determine-their-breast-cancer-risk/#respond Mon, 30 Oct 2023 19:21:23 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1659869 As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Silver Spring’s Brem Foundation—whose mission is to help women beat breast cancer through early detection—just launched a new online tool designed to help women better understand their risk. The online quiz, called CheckMate, asks users a series of questions, offering background information about the relevance of various factors […]

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How Artificial Intelligence Is Improving Cancer Screening https://dev.w-cm.com/2023/09/27/how-artificial-intelligence-is-improving-cancer-screening/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-artificial-intelligence-is-improving-cancer-screening https://dev.w-cm.com/2023/09/27/how-artificial-intelligence-is-improving-cancer-screening/#respond Wed, 27 Sep 2023 11:03:53 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1654563 Women with dense breast tissue are at higher risk for breast cancer, because dense tissue is more prone to cancer and because the density makes it harder to read a mammogram. But breast density isn’t only a medical issue, says Dr. Rachel Brem, director of the Breast Imaging and Interventional Center at George Washington University’s […]

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What to Know About the Latest Breast-Cancer Screening Guidelines https://dev.w-cm.com/2023/09/27/what-to-know-about-the-latest-breast-cancer-screening-guidelines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-to-know-about-the-latest-breast-cancer-screening-guidelines https://dev.w-cm.com/2023/09/27/what-to-know-about-the-latest-breast-cancer-screening-guidelines/#respond Wed, 27 Sep 2023 11:00:19 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1654576 Massive strides have been made in detecting and treating breast cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, the death rate has dropped by 43 percent in the past three decades. Much of that success—and there’s still a long way to go—is due to earlier screening and increased awareness. Yet, says Dr. Rachel Brem, director of […]

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Fall Allergies Still Lingering? Climate Change May Be to Blame. https://dev.w-cm.com/2023/09/25/fall-allergies-still-lingering-climate-change-may-be-to-blame/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fall-allergies-still-lingering-climate-change-may-be-to-blame https://dev.w-cm.com/2023/09/25/fall-allergies-still-lingering-climate-change-may-be-to-blame/#respond Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:58:34 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1655125 If it feels like your fall allergies and the pesky symptoms they bring—watery eyes, sneezing, scratchy throat, and stuffy sinuses—are lingering around longer than usual, you’re not alone. Allergists, such as Dr. Anjeni Keswani, director of the George Washington University Allergy & Sinus Center, say that allergy seasons have been trending longer and more intense […]

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