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The GW Medical Faculty Associates recently received a gift from Personalized Medicine Care Diagnostics (PMCDx), an advanced molecular diagnostic testing laboratory, in memory of Manny Velasquez, MD, Professor Emeritus of Medicine at GW SMHS and a long-time nephrologist at the GW MFA, who passed…

The flu shot is the first line of defense. Help protect yourself and your family against the influenza virus. When it’s flu season, take the necessary steps to stay healthy. That means separating fact from fiction.

Division of Renal Disease and Hypertension at GW’s Medical Faculty Associates (GW MFA) was recently selected by Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation to be a Partner Clinic through the foundation’s autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) Centers of Excellence program.

November is National Diabetes Awareness Month. Roughly 37 million Americans, including children and adults, experience either type 1 or type 2 diabetes, and the disease can affect almost every part of the body, including the eyes, kidneys, nerves, and heart, and diabetes can even cause some types…

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and according to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, thanks to early detection and advanced treatment the five-year survival rate for patients is 99%. Recently, Rachel Brem, MD, vice chair of radiology and director of the George Washington University (GW…

With the arrival of cooler mornings and pumpkin spiced lattes comes the annual sniffles, chills, and sneezes of flu season and a timely reminder that vaccines can protect you and your loved ones from the worst of what illnesses have to offer. Here, Janet C. Austen, CRNP-FNP, primary care family…

Air quality in the Washington, D.C. area is unusually poor, and while it may be invisible some days, the threat is still there. Daniel Baram, MD, associate professor of medicine at the George Washington (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) and division Director of Pulmonary Medicine…

Warmer months bring outdoor events, including cookouts, campfires, and fireworks displays, but they also bring the risk of burns. Robert Shesser, MD, MPH, chair and professor of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences,…

Frequent interruptions to sleep and daytime sleepiness may be indicative of sleep apnea and warrant a consultation with a sleep expert.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and the pandemic, and even the slow process of a return to normal, has had significant consequences for our mental health. Recently, U.S. surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, sounded the alarm on the growing epidemic of loneliness and isolation in the United…