MedStar Health Blog

For Chevy Chase, Md., native Nicholas Kessides, MD, joining MedStar Washington Hospital Center as an attending physician in anesthesiology offered the best of all worlds. Not only was he returning hom...

Recently published collaborative research evaluated whether tea or coffee consumption is associated with an increased risk of incident rheumatoid arthritis using the Women’s Health Initiative Observat...

Neurological disorders—or diseases of the brain, spine, and the nerves that connect them—affect millions of people each year. What’s more, many people don’t even know they have a neurological disorder...

Insomnia is habitual sleeplessness or the inability to sleep that isn’t explained by a medical condition (i.e. sleep apnea). It includes your habits or schedule causing you to not get enough sleep or ...

What comes to mind when you hear “philanthropy"?By definition, it is the Greek word for “love of humankind.”When you chose to express gratitude after an exceptional care experience, you serve as a dir...

James (Jim) Boscoe has joined MedStar Health Research Institute as the Director of Office of Research Integrity (ORI). Jim joins us from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Office of Huma...