MedStar Health Blog

During his training at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Anirudh Rao, MD, found the most meaningful cases to be those involving end-of-life issues, including those with di...

The pituitary gland is a tiny organ, only about the size of a pea, located at the base of your brain. I think of the pituitary gland like the conductor of a mighty orchestra. As part of the endocrine ...

Hemoglobin A1C (A1C) is a way of looking at the average blood sugar levels over the preceding two to three months in people living with diabetes. And the American College of Physicians has published a...

When most people think of a burn center, they think of heat-related injuries. While we are the only adult burn treatment center in the Washington metropolitan area, we treat far more than just burns....

High blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart disease. But many patients don’t realize that high blood pressure (hypertension) also can increase the risk of ischemic strokes. This type o...

Recent collaborative research sought to understand the contraceptive practices and fertility plans among transgender men. The study sought to address a gap in literature for family planning for indivi...