MedStar Health Blog

In the 1990s, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a treatment for bladder cancer called Bacillus Calmette-Guerin therapy, or BCG, which stimulates the immune system and helps keep patients...

Doctors are seeing more patients with thyroid cancer in the last 30 years, as data from the American Cancer Society show. Thyroid cancer is the fastest-growing cancer diagnosis in the United Sta...

Michael Sherman, DO, director of MedStar Washington Hospital Center’s Nephrology and Hypertension Clinic, says solving problems and working with people motivated his choice of a career in medicine. Ye...

People sometimes mistakenly think that accepting palliative care means they have to stop receiving other medical treatment. However, palliative care is a specialty service that can be provided at any ...

As part of the MedStar Health commitment to our associates and our goal of supporting continuous learning and professional development, the following classes are now open for registration through Orga...

In April 2018, leaders from pharma, biotech, clinical research organizations, health care organizations, advocacy groups and the FDA are convening to deliver on the promise of patient-centric clinical...