MedStar Health Blog

More than 600,000 people in the U.S. have a first stroke each year, but up to 80% of these could be preventable. Recently updated prevention guidelines from the American Stroke Association (ASA) aim ...

Funded by an R21 grant from the National Institutes of Health, our research examines the validity of a virtual reality floor maze test that could help identify early signs of Alzheimer’s diseas...

When the influenza virus invades the body, the immune system responds with inflammation. Some of the flu’s classic symptoms, like fever, are a result of this response. For people with controlled mult...

Most people experience back pain at some point in their life. But how do you know when the pain is serious enough to seek treatment or even consider surgery?  As a neurosurgeon, this is a conv...

A stroke can be life-changing, and care often doesn’t end when upon discharge from the hospital. There is no predictable timeline for recovery, and different stroke survivors will need differen...

May is National Stroke Awareness month and a good opportunity to help people understand how to recognize a stroke and why it’s important to get immediate medical care. Stroke treatment is most ...