MedStar Health Blog

In 1988, MedStar Washington Hospital Center became one of the first four hospitals in the United States to implant a ventricular assist device, or VAD, in a patient with heart failure. Today, our Adva...

Joint pain from cartilage or tissue injury in the knee and shoulder can make it painful to run, play sports, walk or even stand. Although clinical exams and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) play a lar...

In December 1967, a South African surgeon made history when he successfully transplanted the heart of a woman who died in a motor vehicle accident victim into a heart failure patient.Flash forward 50 ...

In the 1990s, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a treatment for bladder cancer called Bacillus Calmette-Guerin therapy, or BCG, which stimulates the immune system and helps keep patients...

While bladder cancer doesn’t get as much press as colon or lung cancer, it’s the fourth-most common type of cancer among men. I see about 10 to 20 new patients each month who are dia...

In the United States, nearly 40 percent of men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives. And while cancer is, undeniably, a life-changing experience for both patients and t...