MedStar Health Blog

The H.E.A.R. Institute’s research commentary, published in The Gerontologist, calls for the full integration of caregivers to best support successful aging.    About 48 million people in th...

Training for a race is no easy feat. Whether you’re a seasoned runner or a first-timer, continuous miles over weeks and weeks can take a toll on your body, leading to feelings of stiffness, fatigue, ...

For patients with certain types of cancers, brachytherapy can provide a precise, less invasive treatment to a limited area of the body, reducing radiation exposure to healthy tissue. Now, a new techn...

Our study of patients in the cardiac intensive care unit at MedStar Washington Hospital Center finds that palliative care positively impacts ICU care.   Patients in the cardiac intensive care un...

MedStar Health Research Institute is among the first study sites to explore an exciting new way to fuse bones that could change the treatment of degenerative spinal disc disease.   The spine is ...

Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) offers patients with specific stages of prostate cancers an effective, noninvasive option that can reduce treatment time, have similar overall survival/loca...