MedStar Health Blog

If you’re ready to quit smoking, there are proven ways to give up the habit—and electronic cigarettes are not one of them.  In fact, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration recently issued a l...

Prostate cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in the United States.  The American Cancer Society estimates that there are 268,490 men diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2022. Although...

If you’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer, you may be overwhelmed with emotions, information, and treatment decisions. You may have met multiple breast cancer specialists at different times and in ...

MedStar Health Research Institute investigators examine VR technology for pain management.   In the interdisciplinary practice of palliative care, we help patients cope with the symptoms of serio...

This article was written by Waddah B. Al-Refaie, MD, David Stein, MD, and James McDermott, medical student at UCLA.   A new study by MedStar Health Research Institute found that patients are...

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women across the globe. Nearly one in every eight women will develop breast cancer, and in 2020 alone, more than 2.3 million women were diagnosed...