MedStar Health Blog

Understanding ways to prevent heart disease, the leading cause of death for both men and women in the U.S., is essential to living a long, healthy life. And this goes for people of all ages, as ...

We have all heard of people who faint when getting their blood drawn or when they are nervous. In fact, millions of people faint each year—and the most common reason is vasovagal syncope. People with ...

Millions of people—from athletes to people who walk to work—experience a sprained ankle each year. In fact, we typically see four to five a week at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Spr...

The new Georgetown-MedStar IRB system was installed on November 29, 2018 for both Georgetown University (GU) and MedStar Health and has been the only active system in use since then, with hundreds of ...

Deliya Wesley was awarded the SPIRIT of Excellence Award for the fourth quarter of 2018 at a presentation at University Town Center (UTC) offices. Deliya is the Research Scientist for Health Equity at...

Congratulations to all MedStar researchers who had articles published in February 2019. The selected articles and link to PubMed provided below represent the body of work completed by MedStar Health i...