MedStar Health Blog

Those with nagging digestive issues have probably heard or read about probiotics and prebiotics by now. Often touted as a cure-all for digestive worries, they seem to pop up everywhere these days&mdas...

Are you a tea drinker, sometimes drinking multiple cups a day? It may be time to “cool things down.” A recent study suggests a significant link between hot tea and esophageal cancer. Surpr...

Some health risks can be hard to pin down, challenging to manage or impossible to control. High cholesterol is just the opposite.   Although an estimated one in three Americans has it—and...

Most stay-at-home orders have lifted and many people are trying to resume normal life as much as possible. We know that wearing a face mask and socially distancing ourselves from others can help to ...

Colorectal cancer has traditionally been considered an older person’s disease. But according to the American Cancer Society, in 2020, 12% of colorectal cancer cases will be diagnosed in people u...

Cardiac PET scan technology promises to elevate cardiovascular diagnoses to a completely new level.  Positron emission tomography (or PET) is traditionally associated with cancer care....