MedStar Health Blog

Cancer doctors used to think of cancer treatment in terms of extending patients’ lives by a few more months or years. Now, thanks to a better understanding of many kinds of cancer and mor...

In 2017, a long list of NFL players tore their anterior cruciate ligaments (ACL), and several were forced to sit out the entire 2017-2018 season. Some high-profile players who were injured incl...

Over the past few decades, weight loss surgery, also known as bariatric surgery, has become increasingly common. As such, we’ve begun to see more patients who could benefit from an addition...

“Has my cancer spread?” After a woman has had the time she needs to process a cancer diagnosis, this tends to be one of her first questions.The process of a cancer spreading is called metastasis. When...

Diabetic foot ulcers can form quickly when a patient gets a cut on their foot and doesn’t realize it. The culprit often is neuropathy, a diabetes-related condition that deadens nerve sensa...

A diagnosis of heart failure doesn’t mean your heart has stopped or is about to stop working. It’s a condition in which the heart cannot adequately pump blood to the body. Heart fail...