MedStar Health Blog

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...

Beauty influencer Jessica Pettway died in 2024 at age 36 from cervical cancer—a highly preventable and treatable disease when caught early. Pettway said she had been misdiagnosed as having uter...

Knee replacement surgery is a daunting prospect for many of the 32.5 million adults in the U.S. who have osteoarthritis (OA), the most common type of arthritis. Over time, cartilage in the knee joint...

One in four men in the U.S. die from a cardiovascular event such as a heart attack, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While heart disease is a leading cause of death across...

People in the U.S. will be treated to a spectacular show in the sky on April 8, 2024: a solar eclipse. A solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, blocking the s...

Your appendix is a part of the digestive tract that most people only think about if it acts up with appendicitis. Unfortunately, in rare cases, it can also develop cancer—and young Hispanic people ar...