MedStar Health Blog

People in the U.S. will be treated to a spectacular show in the sky on April 8, 2024: a solar eclipse. A solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, blocking the s...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, a month dedicated to raising awareness of the fourth most common cancer diagnoses in the United States. This year alone, approximately 153,000 people will ...

STRIVE is a first-of-its-kind longitudinal prospective cohort study of patient- and caregiver-focused outcomes in stroke survivorship.   For more than 7 million people in the U.S. who have survi...

MedStar Health Researchers demonstrate that natural language processing can help break the cycle of violence, closing gaps in screening and reducing the need for revisits to the emergency department....

Your appendix is a part of the digestive tract that most people only think about if it acts up with appendicitis. Unfortunately, in rare cases, it can also develop cancer—and young Hispanic people ar...

If mention of a midwife brings to mind imagery of a 19th century homebirth, you’re not alone. Many people don’t know the truth about who a midwife is and what a midwife does in today’s modern world. ...