MedStar Health Blog

While inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic condition, it is treatable. With a treatment plan that is personalized to your physical and mental health needs, you can control this condition and...

Wellness is fundamental to everything we want to be able to do. If we’re going to take care of others, we have to be able to function well ourselves. There’s a saying, “you can’t pour from an empty c...

Think of a stone falling into a pond. It happens in an instant, but the ripples on the water’s surface spread in the periphery long after the stone is submerged. Psychological trauma lingers sim...

By 2030, an estimated 50% of U.S. adults will be obese—a sharp increase from the approximately 33% who are obese in 2022. With obesity rates on the rise, there’s no better time to bring awareness to ...

Most people know that heart disease is linked to diet and exercise—two lifestyle factors often considered to be within a patient’s control. Yet heart disease remains the No. 1 cause of de...

Most of us have entered year three of the COVID-19 pandemic asking the same question: Will this ever end? Combined with increasing civil unrest and natural disasters, the pandemic has contributed to ...