MedStar Health Blog

Angina is a squeezing, heavy pressure and pain in the chest that is a symptom of reduced blood flow to the heart—it can be a warning sign of a heart attack. Thanks to technological advances like Coro...

Everyone’s breasts are different, made up of a unique combination of fat, milk glands, ducts, and fibrous connective tissue. Your individual combination of these types of tissues affects the density ...

The U.S. Department of Defense has funded research into the potential benefits of providing supplemental oral fluids to patients with burn injuries rather than via intravenous (IV).   Burns caus...

Most people experience back pain at some point in their life. But how do you know when the pain is serious enough to seek treatment or even consider surgery?  As a neurosurgeon, this is a conv...

“Why didn’t anyone ever tell me how hard breastfeeding would be?” This is a question that many new moms who start out breastfeeding ask themselves in the days and weeks after having a baby. From crac...

Heartburn, a symptom of acid reflux, is annoying and uncomfortable. But when it doesn’t go away with medication and diet changes, it could be a sign of something serious: cancer of the esophagus.&nbs...