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March 26, 2024
STRIVE is a first-of-its-kind longitudinal prospective cohort study of patient- and caregiver-focused outcomes in stroke survivorship. For more than 7 million people in the U.S. who have survi...
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September 19, 2017
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, with one in seven men in the United States projected to get the disease in their lifetime. And the District of Columbia has the second highest prostat...
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September 07, 2017
Most people know they’re at increased risk for certain health conditions as they age: heart disease, stroke, cancer, arthritis, etc. But there’s a risk you may not be aware of: epilepsy. Epilepsy tend...
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September 05, 2017
Urinary tract infections, or UTIs, are one of the most common problems doctors see in women. According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 40 to 60 percent of wome...
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September 01, 2017
Lee Ann Richter, MD, is one of the few urologists in the country with obstetrics and gynecology-based training in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. That combination of specialized tra...
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September 01, 2017
By MedStar Health Research Institute
Researchers from MedStar Health Research Institute (MHRI), MedStar Washington Hospital Center (MWHC) and National Institute of Health (NIH) have recently sought to identify outcomes for HIV-posi...
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August 07, 2017
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 22.1 percent of adults in Washington, D.C., are obese. Though that’s lower than the national obesity rate of 36.5 percent, it still me...