MedStar Health Blog

By Brendan Furlong, MD, Chief of Service, Emergency Department, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital   During cold winter weather, the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Emergency Department see...

Many heart failure patients rely on left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), which are amazing medical implants that pump blood throughout the body. LVADs can mean the difference between life and deat...

A patient recently told me she was working to improve her fitness and had noticed unusual spikes in her heart rate during exercise."Here, let me show you.” She brought out her phone and showed me an a...

The most common symptoms of a heart attack occur in both men and women: chest pain or pressure and arm pain that radiates to the back, neck or jaw. Emergency department doctors follow a specific proto...

Like so many other physicians, Konstantinos Loupasakis, MD, has never outgrown his childhood fascination with the many complexities of the human body and how it works. But what has interested him more...

So you want to lose weight. But what if your method for shedding the pounds could also lower your risk for certain diseases, help you sleep, and improve your overall heart health? While there are p...