MedStar Health Blog

Gun violence in Washington, D.C., has plagued our community with almost 200 homicides this year, an increase of 13% from last year. The trauma unit at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in D...

Heart disease disproportionally effects American Indians and is double that of the general US population. The Strong Heart Study has been examining why there is such disparities in health in this popu...

Associates at the MedStar Health Research Institute at University Town Center gathered to celebrate the 2018 first quarter SPIRIT Award of Excellence recipient, Matt Hoffman. Matt supports the ambulat...

MedStar Health Research Institute is pleased to announce Nawar Shara,  PhD, Director for the Center of Biostatistics, Informatics and Data Science (CBIDS), Associate Professor of Medicine, Geo...

Women die of pregnancy-related causes at higher rates in D.C. (36 deaths per 100,000 live births) than any other state in the nation, according to 2016 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data....

If you've ever flown on a plane, you've heard a flight attendant instruct everyone to put their oxygen masks on first before helping others, in the event of an emergency. This safety spiel isn't to e...