MedStar Health Blog

Artificial Intelligence has become commonplace in everyday households over the past few years. Having voice-activated technology such as Amazon Alexa has increased convenience, information availabilit...

During the pandemic, research has shown that patients with known cardiovascular disease are at an increased risk with COVID-19 and that COVID-19 can cause cardiac damage or thrombosis. Thrombosis (or...

During the month of February, we observe American Heart Month to remind ourselves, our families and our communities to remain heart healthy. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men an...

Investigators advocate that lifestyle changes and medicine over surgery is appropriate for most patients in The Lancet Coronary artery disease is a condition where the major blood vessels supplyin...

Structural racism is one of the most pressing issues facing healthcare today.  Unfortunately, academic medicine has historically exacerbated the exploitation of vulnerable communities to achieve ...

Never in the history of medicine have we experienced such a high degree of clinician burnout and turnover. Physician turnover takes a heavy toll on patients and the lives of physicians and their famil...