MedStar Health Blog

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the U.S.—it’s so prevalent that nearly all sexually active men and women will get the virus at some po...

Making Access to the Highest Quality Care Even Easier When cancer is a concern, you want the very best care possible. At MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital and MedStar Union Memorial Hospital,...

For years, patients with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity have had to limit their diets to eliminate gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye. If they didn’t, they’d run ...

Imagine the triumph of surviving breast cancer. Every test and procedure, every round of therapy was worth it to save your life. But what is a woman to do if the medication that destroyed her c...

Three abstract submissions were recognized as the most outstanding scientific abstract at the 2018 MedStar Health Research Symposium. These three were selected from the nearly 400 abstracts submitted ...

Cancer doctors used to think of cancer treatment in terms of extending patients’ lives by a few more months or years. Now, thanks to a better understanding of many kinds of cancer and more...