MedStar Health Blog

From screening to treatment—and everything in between—breast cancer care is improving rapidly. And MedStar Health is at the forefront of the shift from “life-extending” treatm...

Policymakers, parents, and athletes are talking about the risks of concussions more than ever before—partly because of growing public awareness of the relationship between concussions and the n...

When it comes to the aorta—the main artery that takes blood away from the heart to the rest of the body—any condition is challenging. But when the weakened area, tear, or degeneration of ...

No matter how many greens you eat or hours of sleep and exercise you get, you can’t stop the aging process—and aging is the No. 1 driver of atrial fibrillation (AFib), which increases the risk of str...

For years, the main goal of prostate cancer surgery was to get rid of the cancer, potentially adding years of life. But advances in prostate cancer screening and treatment have led to radical shifts ...

Ovarian cancer rates have declined in recent decades, but in the United States this year over 21,000 women are expected to be diagnosed with ovarian cancer and nearly 14,000 women will die from it. ...