MedStar Health Blog

Imagine feeling one or more of these symptoms in your pelvic area up to 95 percent of the time: Burning Pinching Stabbing That’s the reality for women with chronic pelvic pai...

As men get older, many of us find that we have to use the bathroom more often than we used to or get up more frequently in the middle of the night to go. These are common signs of benign prostat...

Years ago, before we had advanced and routine imaging, a kidney mass was only discovered when it had become very large, caused pain or caused blood in the urine. Oftentimes, patients’ kidn...

Since he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 11, 44-year-old Ben Wall has worked hard to keep the disease from preventing him from living the life he wanted to live. Type 1 diabetes is a chroni...

When a patient has a stroke, seconds and minutes can make the difference between life or death. Similar to someone who has had a gunshot wound or a serious car accident, a patient who’s had a stroke n...

Dr. Bitar, medical director of MedStar Harbor Women's Care with patient Christy Ryan, RN, after the delivery of her baby girl. MedStar Harbor Women's Care Goes Above and Beyond Christy Ryan, RN,...