MedStar Health Blog

The average woman has a 12 percent chance of developing breast cancer in her lifetime. And for some women with hereditary factors, the risk of breast cancer is two to five times higher.  For so...

In September 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a consumer update, warning about the dangers of social media challenges involving medicines—specifically a TikTok challenge in wh...

This article was written by Jessica Howe and Zoe Pruitt.   A pilot study shows that a new assessment tool—designed by MedStar Health Research Institute—can identify areas for improvem...

Chronic diseases affect nearly sixty percent of adults in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), chronic diseases such as heart disease, high blood press...

MedStar Health Research Institute investigators and patients are participating in an exciting national study to determine whether low-risk DCIS breast cancer is  better treated with standard canc...

This summer we learned that MedStar Washington Hospital Center has achieved a top spot in U.S. New and World Report’s “Best Hospital” rankings for 2022-2023. After evaluation of more than 4,500 hospi...