MedStar Health Blog

Living with Crohn’s disease can feel like a rollercoaster. Some days, your symptoms may be quiet or barely noticeable. Other days, they can come back suddenly and hit hard. These periods are called f...

For more than 30 years, patients in our clinics have told strikingly similar stories. They've experienced subtle, unexplained changes in their health, often over a long period of time. Sometimes it’s...

Our new research study, funded by the National Cancer Institute and in collaboration with Duke Health, explores a patient-centered approach to developing a virtual reality tool for cancer pain manage...

Approximately one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. In the U.S., about 317,000 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer this year and about...

Our observational research, published in the Journal of Applied Gerontology, demonstrates a meaningful connection between home-based caregiving and longer lives for homebound older adults.   The...

About 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. Early detection through screening offers the widest array of treatment options, and a survival rate over 90%.  Even t...