MedStar Health Blog

Many factors influence a person’s risk for developing cancer. Some factors you can’t control, such as your age and family history. But there are others you can control, like whether or not you smoke ...

A recent study from the American Cancer Society shows that 17 of 34 types of cancer have been on the rise among young people over the last 20 years. Of the 23 million cases studied, researchers ident...

Cancer of the pancreas is challenging to treat, and survival rates historically have been low as a result. Yet new treatments on the horizon offer an exciting opportunity to help patients live longer...

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death, but innovative treatments offer more hope to patients with the disease than ever before. This is especially true for patients with lung cancer in ear...

This article was written by Hannah Arem, PhD, and Claire Starling, MPH.   Our research, published in JAMA Network Open, finds significant clinical improvements in insomnia symptoms among patient...

While most liver lesions aren’t cancer, benign cysts and hemangiomas can be challenging to diagnose and treat. That’s why it’s important to get screened if you are at risk for liver cancer—the earlie...