MedStar Health Blog

When I started at MedStar Health in 2008, only about 20% of patients with lung cancer lived one year after their diagnosis. At that time, treatment was limited to a choice of just four drugs. For mos...

Our research has demonstrated that systemic racism increases the risk of harm for minoritized patients. See what we’re doing about it.   In late 2022, research from MedStar Health and our partne...

If you recently had a computed tomography (CT) scan that revealed a dark spot, or lung nodule, in your chest, you may be concerned about what that means. A lung nodule is a small area of dense tissu...

Melanie McCauley is a tenacious person, and she’s a perfect spokesperson for self-advocacy in heart care. When she had an uncommon type of heart attack in November 2021, she saw several cardiologists...

More than 200,000 men in the United States are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year, according to the American Cancer Society. Fortunately, this cancer is often very treatable in cancer centers ...

A MedStar Health Research Institute study shows significant promise for treating complex aortic aneurysms with a minimally invasive procedure.   The aorta is the largest artery in the body,...