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September 13, 2024
Angina is a squeezing, heavy pressure and pain in the chest that is a symptom of reduced blood flow to the heart—it can be a warning sign of a heart attack. Thanks to technological advances like Coro...
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January 29, 2021
As a longtime athlete, Kyle Reynolds, MD, knows that the course of a game can be altered in a heartbeat. The same holds true for his career, as the Queens, NY, native had his sights set on becomi...
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January 20, 2021
By Krystal C. Maloni, MD, Vascular Surgery
There is good news for those who have varicose veins or are worried about developing them in the future. Today’s treatments for removing these enlarged veins are much less invasive than in years ...
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December 23, 2020
Life was bliss for 25-year-old Tyquela Able. It was 2015 and she was loving motherhood and her new baby boy, Kimahni. But when her son was nine months old, Ms. Able was feeling fatigue that wasn’...
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December 05, 2020
By MedStar Health Research Institute
For the third quarter of 2020, we awarded two individuals with the SPIRIT Award for the first time in one quarter, Keith Moyer and Eva Hochberger. Keith Moyer was awarded the SPIRIT of Excellence Awar...
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December 02, 2020
By Robert A. Lager, MD, Interventional Cardiology
Although COVID-19 is largely a respiratory illness, it does not limit itself to the respiratory system. This new virus can affect multiple organs and we’re learning that the virus can affect the ...
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September 24, 2020
Some health risks can be hard to pin down, challenging to manage or impossible to control. High cholesterol is just the opposite. Although an estimated one in three Americans has it—and decades of ex...