MedStar Health Blog

Every February at MHRI, we celebrate “Heart Healthy” and take the time to “Go Red!” for heart health. Associates were invited to wear red in support of the American Heart...

Most primary care physicians do an excellent job of managing common risk factors for heart disease, such as high cholesterol or blood pressure. When you’re concerned about more serious heart is...

There is no doubt that the person best equipped to manage your heart failure is a specialist. To monitor symptoms in yourself or a loved one, here are three things to know: 1) Be on the Lookout Be v...

When an African American man or woman visits my cardiology office, I don’t just see another patient in my schedule. I see someone who may need my extra attention. That’s because African A...

A childhood interest in science made medicine a natural career choice for Ian C. Chang, MD. When it came time to choose a specialty, he found that cardiology offered not only avenues to do clinical ca...

Cardiovascular medicine has been changing at an incredible pace over the past 25 years. But the 2020s may prove to be the most progressive and exciting decade yet. From new drugs and surgical d...