MedStar Health Blog

Running a 5K is a challenging and fun way to stay fit. Although, if you aren’t careful, you can get injured while training or during the event. As 5Ks become more and more popular, we&rsq...

A vasectomy is one way men can prevent their partners from becoming pregnant—without affecting sexual function or the ability to orgasm. A vasectomy is a noninvasive surgery that prohibits sper...

It might seem unusual at first to think of a doctor using laser therapy to treat a burn injury scar. Why would burning the body’s tissue further help a patient heal? But lasers are an extremely valuab...

Recently published research from the team at the Curtis National Hand Center explored an important component of treating finger hyperextension by studying the effect of increasing graft size during su...

Congratulations to all MedStar researchers who had articles published in December 2018. The selected articles and link to PubMed provided below represent the body of work completed by MedStar Health i...

This presentation will discuss the recent scientific advances that affected the results of the 2018 cyclosporiasis outbreak investigations and the scientific gaps that remain major public health and r...