MedStar Health Blog

By and large, hospitals are extremely safe places—thanks in large part to nurses, who are responsible for delivering safe, exceptional patient care. Nurses are on the frontlines to prevent safet...

Think of a stone falling into a pond. It happens in an instant, but the ripples on the water’s surface spread in the periphery long after the stone is submerged. Psychological trauma lingers sim...

As the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, ventilators can provide lifesaving breathing support when illness or injury impairs breathing. However, being on a ventilator that essentially breathes for you can ...

By 2030, an estimated 50% of U.S. adults will be obese—a sharp increase from the approximately 33% who are obese in 2022. With obesity rates on the rise, there’s no better time to bring awareness to ...

MedStar Health researchers are using data to investigate the effects of environmental contaminants on human health. Per- and Poly-fluoroalkyl Substances or PFAS are a group of more than 12,000 chemic...

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...