MedStar Health Blog

For many years, the number of people who were dying of strokes in the United States had been decreasing steadily. But as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) noted in its September 201...

The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation was established with a simple but powerful mission: to give back. The private family foundation is committed to sustaining vibrant, healthy communitie...

Matthew Pierce, MD, certainly understands that not everyone has fond memories of their high school biology dissection assignments. Yet, that’s where his path toward becoming a physician began.“I reall...

By Brendan Furlong, MD, Chief of Service, Emergency Department, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital   During cold winter weather, the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Emergency Department see...

A patient recently told me she was working to improve her fitness and had noticed unusual spikes in her heart rate during exercise. "Here, let me show you.” She brought out her phone and s...

The most common symptoms of a heart attack occur in both men and women: chest pain or pressure and arm pain that radiates to the back, neck or jaw. Emergency department doctors follow a specific...