Aug 20, 2016
Palliative care services at MedStar Washington Hospital Center provide hospitalized patients with serious illnesses ongoing relief from symptoms and stress during and after treatment. Our interdisciplinary palliative care team members are experts in this specialized field of medicine—and deliver an important level of...
Aug 16, 2016
For older adults,
particularly those with dementia, hearing loss can increase
isolation and damage their overall quality of life. Cochlear
implants are an effective treatment for hearing loss, but the
anesthesia used during the procedure may cause risks for this
populations.
Listen in as Selena Heman-Ackah, MD,...