MedStar Health Blog

Deciding to donate a kidney is one of the most selfless decisions a person can make. Living donors who give one of their healthy kidneys can spare someone with kidney failure from years on dialysis a...

This article was written by Loral Patchen, CNM, MSN, Karey M. Sutton, PhD, and Shelby Wyand, MSc, BA.   Our research, accepted for presentation at the APHA, ACOG District IV meeting, A...

MedStar Health Research Institute is leading a worldwide study to explore the safety and effectiveness of a technology that could offer patients and providers a new option when treating coronary arte...

September is Sepsis Awareness Month—an important time to learn more about this potentially life-threatening condition. Sepsis happens when the body has a severe response to an infection, p...

There are more than a million sexually transmitted infections (STIs) acquired everyday, according to the World Health Organization. Yet talking about STIs can be a sensitive or taboo topic for many. ...

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is common. About one out of every 20 people in the U.S. over the age of 50 has this condition, which reduces blood flow to the limbs, usually the legs. Yet, there are ...