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Breast Cancer Awareness: It’s Not Just for October
Beating Breast Cancer Although October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it’s crucial to not ignore monthly breast self-exams and a regular checkup with your gynecologist or primary care doctor. Additionally, most medical authorities recommend having regular mammograms, starting at age 40. (This recommendation varies; some medical organizations recommend following different guidelines.) Women 30 years and…
Read MoreWhile building the new Inova Women’s Hospital in Falls Church, several contractors become parents themselves
Baby Boom After more than three years of planning and construction, the newly expanded Inova Women’s Hospital is scheduled to open this January. Coincidentally, since breaking ground on construction in the summer of 2012, several members of the Clark Construction team, as well as other related Inova staff, have had children — an Inova Fairfax…
Read MoreNew data suggests flu shots will improve in 2015, WJLA ABC 7, September 17, 2015
Inova’s Dr. Sujata Ambardar, infectious disease physician, spoke with WJLA ABC 7 about the importance of the flu vaccine in flu prevention.
Read MoreInova Launches Online Physician Reviews
Washington DC – September 8, 2015 – As part of Inova’s ongoing commitment to transparency and improvement, the health system today announced a new online resource for patients looking for the best available care: patient reviews of Inova Medical Group physicians. Inova is the first healthcare system in the Mid-Atlantic to make both star ratings…
Read MoreInova’s ASTEC Earns Coveted Comprehensive Accredited Education Institute Status
Washington DC – August 11, 2015 – Inova’s Advanced Surgical Technology and Education Center (ASTEC) at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus (IFMC) has earned the American College of Surgeons’ (ACS) status as a “Comprehensive Accredited Education Institute” (AEI). Only 88 other facilities worldwide hold the AEI designation. The ACS AEI program was created in 2005 to uphold…
Read MoreGroundbreaking Therapy Saves Patient With Pulmonary Embolism
Treatment in Time It was a brisk December afternoon in downtown Fairfax. Roger Eddy was walking to the bank to make a deposit when suddenly he felt dizzy, started to see myriad small bronze-colored stars and then collapsed on the sidewalk. “I was going up an incline and I noticed that I seemed to be…
Read MoreInova’s New Hospital Devoted to Women and Children to Open Next Year
Commitment to Community Inova Women’s Hospital and Inova Children’s Hospital will soon open their doors in a brand-new location, becoming the largest hospital on the East Coast exclusively dedicated to the care of women and children. Scheduled to open in January 2016, the 660,000-square-foot facility will offer patients a technologically advanced, family-friendly setting featuring all-private…
Read MoreU.S. News releases its hospital rankings. Here’s how your local hospital fared.
Inova Fairfax Hospital ranks first in the Washington region — topping MedStar Washington Hospital Center for the fourth straight year — in the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings released Tuesday. Read more.
Read MoreInova’s Dr. Michael Vish Spoke with NBC Washington About Treating Baby Boy for Botulism
Inova’s Dr. Michael Vish spoke with NBC Washington about a baby boy, Benjamin Shell, that is currently being treated for botulism at Inova Children’s Hospital.
Read MoreDrugs blocking tumor proteins offer hope for cancer outcomes
This blog post is by Timothy Cannon, MD. Dr. Cannon and other members of the Inova Dwight and Martha Schar Cancer Institute will be blogging on current topics in cancer, research and other developments of note. A personal story always adds to the drama of a clinical trial. In this week’s issue of The Journal of…
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