MedStar Health Blog

Each year, more than 500,000 people visit an emergency room because of a kidney stone. People with kidney stones can often experience flank or back pain. The pain from kidney stones ca...

Most people know that chest pain is a sign of a heart attack and a reason to quickly dial 911. Fewer men and women know that a fast response is just as critical if you have any signs of a stroke.&nbs...

There is no way to prepare yourself for a late-night call that a loved one has been taken to the hospital. Questions race through your mind: what happened, why, and what’s next? You learn that your...

When you think of famous inventors, you might think of Thomas Edison, the inventor of the lightbulb, or the telephone inventor, Alexander Graham Bell. But did you know that your doctors, nurses, and ...

Recently, the family of “Die Hard” star Bruce Willis announced in a joint statement that he was stepping away from acting due to a diagnosis of aphasia—loss of the ability to effectively communicate....

Experiencing “long-term COVID” or as it is medically termed, post-acute sequelae SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), can be a confusing and circuitous process, full of uncertainty and non-linear progress. F...