MedStar Health Blog

More than 200,000 men in the United States are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year, according to the American Cancer Society. Fortunately, this cancer is often very treatable in cancer centers ...

A MedStar Health Research Institute study shows significant promise for treating complex aortic aneurysms with a minimally invasive procedure.   The aorta is the largest artery in the body,...

Research from MedStar Health Research Institute examining a new technique to evaluate surgical trainees could mean faster mastery of robot-assisted procedures.   As surgical technology becomes m...

This article was written by Karey M. Sutton, Ph.D.   New research shows mothers/birthing individuals are at risk of maternal harm regardless of racial or ethnic background, and despite their tra...

When I was six years old, I was playing in my family’s dry-cleaning business when a drunk driver crashed through the front window. I was pinned beneath the hot metal of the car and exposed to steam f...

Approximately 480,000 people die from smoking-related diseases every year in the United States. The good news is that it’s never too late to quit, even if you’ve been smoking for a long ti...