MedStar Health Blog

Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the immune system that affects bone marrow and blood. When a bacteria or virus invades the body, plasma cells—a type of white blood cell found in bone marrow&mda...

The hips are a critical source of power and force, not just in sports but also in everyday living. Hip mobility and strength are vital to function, performance, and quality of life. Yet the health of...

Are you familiar with Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA), a serious genetic blood disorder that is caused when the sickle trait is passed from both parents to a child?  Some individuals inherit a sick...

As the command center for every system in the body, a healthy brain requires a lot of blood to stay functional; in fact, every minute, it makes use of ¼ of the blood pumped by the heart. A dimini...

In 2020, cancer diagnoses plummeted by 50%, as many people delayed routine physicals and cancer screenings that have been proven to save lives, according to the National Cancer Institute. For Ste...

Compassion is a requirement for every medical specialty, but some specialties require doctors to have an exceptional ability to listen to patients’ most hard-to-talk-about problems. Candid conversati...