MedStar Health Blog

The liver is your largest internal organ, and it performs a range of vital functions, including: Filtering and cleaning your blood of waste products and toxins. Creating bile, ...

The struggle to lose weight and keep it off can lead to frustration and self-doubt. Too often, weight management conversations overemphasize “trying harder.” If you don’t get results, this approach s...

Our research, published in Applied Clinical Informatics, examined the prevalence of negative descriptors in patient records and whether these were associated with adverse maternal outcomes.   Wh...

The end of a woman’s childbearing years, usually between ages 45 and 55, can come with a lot of change. Your body weight can shift. You may have trouble sleeping even though you’re tired. Hot flashes...

It’s a common experience for anyone with a smartphone: You notice a sudden, unusual health symptom and, within moments, you’re punching phrases into a search bar.  Whether you&rsqu...

A study by the Department of Emergency Medicine at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, and others validates an AI-based tool that analyzes an mRNA signature to improve the specificity of sepsis diagn...