MedStar Health Blog

Sports are so much more than games. Athletes of all ages and levels learn lifelong skills while getting a healthy dose of exercise and endorphins. As a sports cardiologist and a former collegiate soc...

When a patient comes to us with symptoms of chest pain and shortness of breath, they’re usually worried that they’re having a heart attack. While ruling out a heart attack based on imagin...

Each year, an estimated 200,000 people in the U.S. get a pacemaker—consisting of a metal, disc-shaped battery surgically placed under the skin of the chest and connected to the inside chambers of the...

MedStar Washington Hospital Center is participating in a national study to learn whether a blood clotting medicine can help stop life-threatening bleeding in patients who have suffered a traumatic in...

For the thousands of women in the U.S. who will be diagnosed with endometrial cancer this year, new guidelines from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) offer a glimpse at the most advanc...

It’s no secret that obesity is an epidemic in the U.S. However, many patients and providers don’t realize that obesity is a chronic disease—it’s not a reflection of a person’s work ethic, personality...