MedStar Health Blog

Imagine your brain is like a bowl of jello. If you smack or shake the bowl, you can picture the jello undulating like a wave in response. That’s the same thing that happens to your head if you experi...

This article was written by Bonnie C. Carney, PhD. A study by MedStar Health Research Institute and The Burn Center at MedStar Washington Hospital Center is investigating a new treatment that could h...

When I started at MedStar Health in 2008, only about 20% of patients with lung cancer lived one year after their diagnosis. At that time, treatment was limited to a choice of just four drugs. For mos...

Our research has demonstrated that systemic racism increases the risk of harm for minoritized patients. See what we’re doing about it.   In late 2022, research from MedStar Health and our partne...

If you recently had a computed tomography (CT) scan that revealed a dark spot, or lung nodule, in your chest, you may be concerned about what that means. A lung nodule is a small area of dense tissu...

Melanie McCauley is a tenacious person, and she’s a perfect spokesperson for self-advocacy in heart care. When she had an uncommon type of heart attack in November 2021, she saw several cardiologists...