MedStar Health Blog

Sean Kimerling was a successful New York TV sportscaster and a lifelong athlete.  When he started to experience unexplained back pain, it was chalked up to an old sports injury. But the pain got worse...

Having a stroke can be a life-changing experience. Nobody wants to go through it twice. Upon recovery, one of the first things we do is try to help patients reduce their risk through education about s...

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, with one in seven men in the United States projected to get the disease in their lifetime. And the District of Columbia has the second highest prostat...

According to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, nearly 25 percent of people between the ages of 65 and 74 have a hearing problem. And for people 75 and older, that numbe...