MedStar Health Blog

When burning, stabbing, or shooting joint pain keeps you up at night or prevents you from doing the activities you love, nerve pain around the joint may be to blame. Orthopedic sports injuries and ch...

If you've been diagnosed with breast cancer, many advanced treatment options offer hope for a cure. Unfortunately, sometimes breast cancer treatment can cause other complications, like lymphedem...

If you are undergoing breast cancer treatment, you may need surgery or radiation, which can affect nearby lymph nodes in the armpit. Lymph nodes are responsible for draining lymphatic fluid from the b...

The complex anatomy of the head and neck has long fascinated Andrew Lee, MD, an otolaryngologist at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center. Part of the r...

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 decades of ex...

A steady, rhythmic heartbeat in you or someone you love may be the most reassuring sound on earth. Yet some people experience a heart rhythm that is occasionally too fast, too slow, or irregular&mdas...