MedStar Health Blog

Getting active to stay healthy Studies cited by the National Cancer Institute have found adults who increase their physical activity can reduce their risk of developing colorectal cancer by 30 to 40 ...

Tune in to the full podcast interview with Dr. Magee.According to the CDC, 29 million people in the United States today have diabetes.  Worse, one out of every three children born here can expect to b...

Bunions—those unsightly bony protrusions that can develop over the first metatarsal bone or big toe joint—remain a bit of a mystery. Aside from their definition, everything else varies, includin...

Improved Hearing May Decrease, Delay Dementia Over the last few years, medical researchers made an interesting discovery: Severe hearing loss, in and of itself, contributes to and worsens cognitive de...

Dermatopathology’s Role in Diagnosing Melanoma Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer. It also has a high likelihood of spreading to other parts of the body, making it imperative to ...