MedStar Health Blog

Most people know that exercise provides many mental and physical health benefits. It helps prevent heart disease and other chronic illnesses, improves mood, reduces stress, improves sleep, and more....

Interdisciplinary Approach Benefits Patients, Families An innovative new program at MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital is improving outcomes for older individuals in need of surgery who have multiple me...

Running is a great way to lose weight and de-stress. However, a benefit that is often overlooked is that running can help treat or prevent certain heart conditions, high blood sugar, and symptoms of d...

There’s an old expression that age doesn’t make you forgetful, it’s the amount of things you have to remember. But when it comes to dementia, which affects 5.7 million Americans, memory loss can be pr...

Support for Those With Behavioral Health Needs Two years ago, MedStar Harbor Hospital opened several brand new behavioral health treatment areas devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of conditions r...

When patients find out they need a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) to treat their advanced heart failure, they go through a wide range of emotions. Some people who may have been sick for a...