MedStar Health Blog

Researchers from MedStar Health Research Institute (MHRI), MedStar Washington Hospital Center (MWHC) and National Institute of Health (NIH) have recently sought to identify outcomes for HIV-posi...

The Georgetown University Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI) has announced the 2017-2018 class of CERSI Scholars. The 10 scholars are early career investigators who are ...

As more people survive and live longer with heart disease, adult children are increasingly becoming involved in their parent’s health care. They support their parents in making diet and lifestyle chan...

 The trend in surgery today is to use the least-invasive procedures possible. The reasoning is simple: It’s usually better for patients to return home and get back to their normal liv...

Keeping our feet strong and healthy is an important goal for us all. For people with diabetes, good foot health is even more important. That’s because people with diabetes are at an increased risk for...

According to the National Health Interview Survey—conducted annually by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics—Americans spent $12.8 billion on natural product supplements in 2012 alone. Alto...