MedStar Health Blog

Support for Those With Behavioral Health Needs Two years ago, MedStar Harbor Hospital opened several brand new behavioral health treatment areas devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of conditions r...

  Did you know that Maryland ranks among the states with the highest number of confirmed cases of Lyme disease? The most common infectious disease spread by the bite of ticks, Lyme disease ...

For years, patients with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity have had to limit their diets to eliminate gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye. If they didn’t, they’d run ...

Today’s surgeons can use minimally invasive techniques for many conditions that require surgery. For example, knee replacements can be performed with smaller incisions than in years past,...

Because of her profound hearing loss, Edna Whitted would pass notes back and forth in church with her granddaughter in order to understand what was being said. Now, the 90-year-old Upper Marlbor...

In April 2018, beloved Night Court actor Harry Anderson died at 65 from a cardioembolic stroke, which involves blockage of a brain blood vessel and is among the most common types of stroke. However, o...