MedStar Health Blog

“Cold season” means more than a bitter breeze. Chilly weather is a prime time to catch a cold. From minor sniffles to major sickness, occurrences of these respiratory illnesses rise as te...

This article was written from an interview with Dr. Rachel Scott, MD, MPH.   In 2021, 36,136 people in the U.S. were diagnosed with HIV. While that annual number declined 12% between 2017 and 20...

Primary care is an important part of everyone’s health care, no matter your age or health. Primary care providers (PCP) like me see a wide variety of patients, serving as their home base for health c...

It happens every year. The days get shorter, temperatures start to fall, and busses arrive to shuttle kids back to school. As summer ends, my patients’ parents often ask how to help their children st...

Are you feeling sluggish? Is your sex drive low? It’s completely normal to want the problem fixed pronto when symptoms like these begin impacting your life. Low testosterone (low T) might be to...

Of all the to-dos on your back-to-school list, brushing up on protecting yourself from sexually transmitted infections (STIs) should be near the top. According to data from the U.S. Centers for Dis...