MedStar Health Blog

Most people experience back pain at some point in their life. But how do you know when the pain is serious enough to seek treatment or even consider surgery?  As a neurosurgeon, this is a conv...

A stroke can be life-changing, and care often doesn’t end when upon discharge from the hospital. There is no predictable timeline for recovery, and different stroke survivors will need differen...

May is National Stroke Awareness month and a good opportunity to help people understand how to recognize a stroke and why it’s important to get immediate medical care. Stroke treatment is most ...

STRIVE is a first-of-its-kind longitudinal prospective cohort study of patient- and caregiver-focused outcomes in stroke survivorship.   For more than 7 million people in the U.S. who have survi...

April was National Parkinson’s Awareness Month, an opportunity to improve education about one of the most common movement disorders. Every six minutes, someone in the United States is diagnosed with ...

A new study at MedStar Health could help children avoid a lifetime of complications by identifying stroke earlier, with less risk.   When it comes to diagnosing and treating stroke, every minute...