MedStar Health Blog

To mark the sixtieth anniversary of the first clinical use of metformin for diabetes treatment, Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, produced a special edit...

A “retro” form of pain control is making a comeback in the United States: nitrous oxide, often known as laughing gas. Nitrous oxide was used to ease the pain of labor since the early 1900s. It fell ou...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 22.1 percent of adults in Washington, D.C., are obese. Though that’s lower than the national obesity rate of 36.5 percent, it still me...

Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology for the Primary Care Provider 2017—Oct. 6, 2017 Pre-pubertal and adolescent girls can experience a myriad of gynecologic problems. Most of these issues can be safel...

This one-day educational symposium will examine kidney and pancreas transplantation, with an emphasis on the multidisciplinary approach to pre- and post-transplant care. The conference will provide up...

Eva Hochberger was awarded the SPIRIT of Excellence Award for the second quarter of 2017 at a presentation at University Town Center (UTC) offices. Eva is the Marketing & Communications Coordinato...