MedStar Health Blog

The end of a woman’s childbearing years, usually between ages 45 and 55, can come with a lot of change. Your body weight can shift. You may have trouble sleeping even though you’re tired. Hot flashes...

In the movies, fainting can be a dramatic swoon and an important plot point. In real life, the consequences can be much more serious, including injury, trauma, and a trip to the emergency room. For...

Deep inside the liver, billions of protein molecules are produced every day. Sometimes, due to aging or genetic factors a particular protein, transthyretin (also known as prealbumin) can behave badly...

Welcoming a new baby is a life-changing milestone. While preparing for a growing family can be a heartwarming time, pregnancy itself can be heart-stressing.  For example, the amount of blood i...

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...

A wild flip-flop or flutter in the chest. A sense of deep, unexplained fatigue. Atrial fibrillation (AFib) could be behind these uncomfortable symptoms. AFib is the most common heart rhythm disorde...