MedStar Health Blog

A cancer diagnosis can be one of the most difficult things you encounter in your lifetime. For many, a diagnosis can come out of seemingly nowhere. It's normal to feel anxious or overwhelmed by ...

By the end of 2021, approximately 60,000 new cases of endometrial cancer will be diagnosed in the U.S. Over 10,000 patients will die from it—and the majority of these people will be Black women. Endo...

My goal for every patient with epilepsy is to improve their quality of life. So, it’s been gratifying to see more treatment options become available in recent years and help patients live longer...

Most women have uterine fibroids—non-cancerous, hormone-driven growths that form on the uterine walls. In fact, more than 70% of white women and 80% of black women will develop fibroids by age ...

As a gynecologic surgeon, one of the best parts of my job is getting this joyful email from patients who’d had reproductive concerns: “We’re pregnant!” So, when Shayna Frost, a Diabetes Educator ...

Women today face many contradictions about how to handle their personal health, especially when it comes to common—but not normal—pelvic floor disorders such as pelvic organ prolapse and urinary ...