MedStar Health Blog

Our research demonstrates a link between a child’s health and developmental outcomes and their social determinants of health, such as food insecurity, social connectedness, and parental stress...

Over the years, scientists worldwide have developed progressively less invasive ways to look inside the body.  Now, a modern device called a NanoScope™ allows us to peer inside joints with pre...

Clinical trials are an essential way we create new knowledge about how to help our patients heal. Yet, despite our efforts to expedite this work, clinical trials remain inefficient, expensive, slow, ...

Being active is important for living a longer, healthier life, yet staying active can be challenging for some people, especially as they get older. For some, physical activity may seem to aggravate a...

Research demonstrates that remote blood pressure monitoring and education programs for expectant and new mothers close care gaps with real-time feedback and intervention.    Develop...

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in the U.S., and if it’s detected early there are many effective treatments. Yet many men avoid getting screened, both because these tests have a repu...