MedStar Health Blog

Social determinants of health, implicit bias, and other factors impact the health of people from disadvantaged groups. Technology and policy changes can advance equity efforts. Despite nearly 40 ye...

Hip replacement surgery is an important and necessary procedure to restore mobility—544,000 patients each year have one in the U.S.  But hip replacement isn’t right for everyone wi...

This article was written by Sarah Greenwood, Physician assistant at MedStar Health.   Respiratory illnesses often surge in the fall and winter, especially among school-aged children. The hi...

A new NIH-funded study will explore whether a wearable device can provide better functional recovery data after surgery for distal radius fracture.   Fractures of the wrist are very common. Yet ...

If you have type 2 diabetes, understanding your condition and how to manage it is critical to getting and staying healthy. After all, diabetes is chronic, meaning that you’ll be living with it for th...

This article was written by Hannah Arem, PhD, and Claire Starling, MPH.   Our research, published in JAMA Network Open, finds significant clinical improvements in insomnia symptoms among patient...