MedStar Health Blog

For generations, head and neck cancer was largely a disease of smokers, especially smokers who also consumed alcoholic beverages. But the human papillomavirus (HPV) has expanded that disease land...

Testicular cancer is among the most treatable, curable cancers today—a disease that medical science has truly mastered. But it’s still a disease that the average guy prefers not to talk about, ev...

Do you know what and where your esophagus is? Situated just in front of the spinal cord, this muscular tube connects the mouth to the stomach. It provides a critical pathway to deliver food and d...

Jo Ann Boyle’s family had experienced health scares before. As wife, mother, and grandmother, Jo Ann had stood faithfully and supportively by her family as her husband Garth successfully beat can...

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented us with some unique challenges, especially when it comes to caring for cancer patients with compromised immune systems. It probably won’t surprise you that the...

With increased awareness and better screening, medical science has made great strides toward preventing colorectal cancer. In general, death rates from this cancer dropped 50 percent between 1970...