MedStar Health Blog

For many patients facing a blood cancer diagnosis, the journey includes familiar stops: chemotherapy, radiation, or antibody treatments. But when these traditionally effective medicines can no longer...

As part of a collaborative effort, our researchers developed and validated a statistical model to determine a patient’s risk of heart failure or cardiomyopathy following breast cancer treatment...

No two individuals’ diets are exactly the same, but we all share one thing in common—we all have to eat! And, most of us enjoy food. In March, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics launched their an...

MedStar Health Research Institute is concluding an early feasibility study of a new way to fuse bones that could change how degenerative spinal disc disease is treated.   The spine is a remarkab...

We live in a world of smart devices. Phones track our sleep, watches remind us to move, and our coffee makers start brewing before we’re out of bed. So why shouldn’t one of the most important medical...

A wild flip-flop or flutter in the chest. A sense of deep, unexplained fatigue. Atrial fibrillation (AFib) could be behind these uncomfortable symptoms. AFib is the most common heart rhythm disorde...