MedStar Health Blog

Women often find it embarrassing to talk about pelvic floor disorders—a broad category of issues also called pelvic floor dysfunction. These issues often stem from weakening or injury of ...

One-fourth of the bones in our body are in our feet. These bones, combined with numerous joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments, work together to support the body’s weight, maintain balan...

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, with one in seven men in the United States projected to get the disease in their lifetime. And the District of Columbia has the second highest prostat...

By Tim McDonald, MD, JD A miraculous moment took place at 4 pm on the evening of April 25, 2012. I am holding a watch in my right hand while standing next to Barb Malizzo at a recent CANDOR Eve...

Many of my patients don’t know that, in addition to my medical degree, I also have a master’s degree in English literature. As an English major during my undergraduate studies, I ha...

Brooke Wolvin, MD, an attending physician for MedStar Health Radiology, also serves as assistant director of MedStar Washington Hospital Center’s Breast Imaging Center, and director of Bre...