MedStar Health Blog

One of the first thoughts many patients have after learning they have cancer is, “How do I tell my children?”At first, you may be inclined to avoid the question altogether. This is understandable; you...

Our pharmacists play a vital role in ensuring safe and effective medication use, counseling patients and providing drug information to health providers. Here are 5 top things our pharmacists want you to know about using medication wisely.

Sometimes the deadliest diseases can be the hardest to detect.Such is the case with hypertension, or high blood pressure. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about one-t...

By Patrick ZicklerAustin Thomas is young and fit and has always been careful about what she eats. She earned a master’s degree in nutrition in part to understand the digestive problems that had bother...

Cardiac arrest can happen to anyone at any time. Take the time to learn CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), and you could save someone's life.

Did you know that up to 20 percent of people have pituitary tumors, but many of them cause no problems, if they are ever even diagnosed? While this may be considered good news for many people, pituita...