MedStar Health Blog

By 2030, an estimated 50% of U.S. adults will be obese—a sharp increase from the approximately 33% who are obese in 2022. With obesity rates on the rise, there’s no better time to bring awareness to ...

Colon cancer is the third-most commonly diagnosed cancer in U.S. adults, excluding skin cancers. And the trend of cancer in younger patients continues, with diagnoses and death rates on the rise in p...

Radiation therapy plays a critical role in preventing cancer recurrence and is often recommended for women with breast cancer undergoing a lumpectomy. However, traditional radiation therapy requires ...

When a patient is diagnosed with early-stage colon cancer, we start talking right away about how to keep it from coming back after treatment.  Though thinking that far ahead might seem strange...

Everyone knows someone—a family member, friend, colleague, or neighbor—that has battled breast cancer. In 2021 alone, about 281,000 women will receive an invasive breast cancer diagnosis,...