MedStar Health Blog

Our new research study, funded by the National Cancer Institute and in collaboration with Duke Health, explores a patient-centered approach to developing a virtual reality tool for cancer pain manage...

Approximately one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. In the U.S., about 317,000 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer this year and about...

Our observational research, published in the Journal of Applied Gerontology, demonstrates a meaningful connection between home-based caregiving and longer lives for homebound older adults.   The...

About 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. Early detection through screening offers the widest array of treatment options, and a survival rate over 90%.  Even t...

About 1 in 8 men will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime, making it the most common cancer in men. About 70% of prostate cancers are diagnosed early, before the cancer spreads, when it is easi...

Between work, school, errands, and everything else life throws your way, staying healthy can sometimes feel like just one more thing on an already packed to-do list. But for busy professionals and fa...