MedStar Health Blog

Research demonstrates that remote blood pressure monitoring and education programs for expectant and new mothers close care gaps with real-time feedback and intervention.   Developing or ...

The first days and weeks at home following labor and delivery can be a magical and exhausting experience for new mothers. For some, it can be a dangerous time, too. Hypertensive disorders of pregnanc...

When it comes to COVID-19, change is nothing new—variant strains of the virus continue to evolve. The latest is KP.2, one of the FLiRT variants of the Omicron strain of the virus. They’re getting att...

A new technology available at MedStar Washington Hospital Center called pulsed field ablation (PFA) offers a treatment option for atrial fibrillation (AFib) that reduces the risk of complications. ...

Technology is changing faster than ever before. When Uber launched in 2009, it took nearly 6 years for the app to reach 100 million users. ChatGPT reached that same milestone in only 2 months. Medi...

Doctors have known for decades that a molecule called lipoprotein(a)—lipoprotein little a or Lp(a)—is closely related to the risk of having a heart attack or heart valve disease. This molecule runs i...