MedStar Health Blog

Noticing blood in the toilet after a bowel movement can be concerning. While it could be something as common as hemorrhoids or a temporary issue with your diet, this is a scenario in which it’s bette...

For many patients facing a blood cancer diagnosis, the journey includes familiar stops: chemotherapy, radiation, or antibody treatments. But when these traditionally effective medicines can no longer...

As part of a collaborative effort, our researchers developed and validated a statistical model to determine a patient’s risk of heart failure or cardiomyopathy following breast cancer treatment...

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S., claiming more lives than breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers combined. One of the most surprising trends we’re seeing ...

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...

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...