MedStar Health Blog

If you’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer, you may be overwhelmed with emotions, information, and treatment decisions. You may have met multiple breast cancer specialists at different times and in ...

MedStar Health Research Institute investigators examine VR technology for pain management.   In the interdisciplinary practice of palliative care, we help patients cope with the symptoms of serio...

There is no way to prepare yourself for a late-night call that a loved one has been taken to the hospital. Questions race through your mind: what happened, why, and what’s next? You learn that your...

Millions of people across the country experience heartburn, a burning sensation that starts in the chest and radiates up the throat. And while many people deal with the uncomfortable symptom with an ...

MedStar Health investigators study how applying algorithms to electronic health records can find red flags in a pregnant patient’s medical information that may put them at risk for maternal health com...

This article was written by Waddah B. Al-Refaie, MD, and James McDermott, medical student at UCLA.   A new study by MedStar Health Research Institute found that patients are more likely to ...