MedStar Health Blog

I was only 47 when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I had normal mammograms up to that point, which is what made the discovery all the more surprising. But after feeling two lumps in my breast, I ...

One in four men in the U.S. die from a cardiovascular event such as a heart attack, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While heart disease is a leading cause of death across...

MedStar Health Research Institute’s study suggests a machine learning algorithm could help identify patients at risk of cardiovascular disease earlier in pregnancy, opening a window to intervene. &nb...

People in the U.S. will be treated to a spectacular show in the sky on April 8, 2024: a solar eclipse. A solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, blocking the s...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, a month dedicated to raising awareness of the fourth most common cancer diagnoses in the United States. This year alone, approximately 153,000 people will ...

STRIVE is a first-of-its-kind longitudinal prospective cohort study of patient- and caregiver-focused outcomes in stroke survivorship.   For more than 7 million people in the U.S. who have survi...