MedStar Health Blog

From improving healing to maximizing mobility after amputation, MedStar Health Research Institute’s limb salvage line focuses on helping patients regain and retain mobility after a diabetic foo...

Around 6.5 million people in the U.S. live with a chronic, or non-healing, wound, most often on the legs or feet. Patients with neuropathy from diabetes, for instance, may lack sensation in their fee...

Summer fun unfortunately brings an increase in hand and arm trauma due to seasonal outdoor activities. Aside from fractures and sprains due to sports accidents, trauma from the lawn mower and burns f...

Urinary leaking. Erectile dysfunction. Difficult or painful urination. Life-changing symptoms that many patients think they’re stuck with after cancer treatment or traumatic injury—or that they’re to...

When severe hip pain doesn’t respond to medication, physical therapy, or lifestyle changes, total hip replacement surgery can be an effective option for lasting relief. Based on your current activity...

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a ligament in your knee that keeps it moving normally. When the ACL is torn, some patients need surgery to make the knee stable enough to return to their normal...