MedStar Health Blog

During a healthy pregnancy, your heart works overtime. Here’s one example—your total blood volume can double to support the growing fetus, putting extra strain on your heart and blood vessels. And th...

Lung cancer is on the rise among people who have never smoked—including celebrities such as comedian Kathy Griffin, who went public with her stage 1 lung cancer diagnosis in August 2021.  Whil...

When I started at MedStar Health in 2008, only about 20% of patients with lung cancer lived one year after their diagnosis. At that time, treatment was limited to a choice of just four drugs. For mos...

Melanie McCauley is a tenacious person, and she’s a perfect spokesperson for self-advocacy in heart care. When she had an uncommon type of heart attack in November 2021, she saw several cardiologists...

When I was six years old, I was playing in my family’s dry-cleaning business when a drunk driver crashed through the front window. I was pinned beneath the hot metal of the car and exposed to steam f...

More than half of the 500,000 individuals who die each year from a heart attack are women. Unfortunately, heart conditions are often stereotyped as a primarily male health concern, and symptoms of he...