MedStar Health Blog

The Pap smear is an essential procedure that yields valuable information about a woman’s cervical health. But it’s normal to feel a little nervous about this exam—especially if you’ve ...

As patients age and their concerns about maintaining a better quality of life grow, joint reconstruction surgery becomes a reality for more and more of them. Nationally, there are over a million join...

“A career in medicine was always in the back of my mind,” Tani Jausurawong Wiest, DO, says of her childhood in Northern Virginia’s suburbs. It wasn’t until her undergraduate years at Virginia Tech th...

It can certainly be frightening to hear the diagnosis: that innocent-looking spot on your face is a skin cancer. And it’s going to require surgery. But Mohs micrographic surgery can provide peace of ...

Many times, it’s hard to pinpoint the cause of preterm birth, or birth before 37 weeks of pregnancy. And once you’ve delivered a preterm baby, you’re at an increased risk of having another preterm bir...

The 2020-2021 influenza season will coincide with the COVID-19 pandemic. This inevitable combination will present unique challenges affecting MedStar Health associates and physicians, as well as the c...