MedStar Health Blog

Gone are the days when you’d stand at a window and gaze at 15 babies lined up in bassinets in a hospital nursery. Nurseries for healthy babies are disappearing from hospitals across the country, inclu...

Most of the time, welcoming a life is a beautiful, amazing moment. I understand the urge to want to share that with family and friends, and we’re good about accommodating delivery room guests. But I’v...

Who is Dr. Iqbal? The joyful anticipation of childbirth can also be fraught with anxiety, particularly if the pregnancy is considered high-risk, or unexpected problems develop. That’s when mothers and...

If you Google “pregnancy apps,” there’s no shortage of articles with titles such as “10 best pregnancy apps” or “Must-have apps during pregnancy.” Accor...

I often speak with women who are curious – and sometimes apprehensive – about birth control. This gives me the opportunity to clear up misconceptions about various contraceptive methods, especially be...

Tetsuya Kawakita, MD, and Elizabeth Coviello, DO, from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, have collaborated on a study of the effect of type 1 diabetes ...