MedStar Health News

Special Care for Special Deliveries  It’s a scene that parents-to-be imagine hundreds of times: the day they welcome their little one into their family and meet their new baby face to...

Care Worth Sharing  “Would you recommend this doctor to a friend?”  It’s a common question found on satisfaction surveys delivered to inboxes or mailboxes. A better, ...

Absorb™ Stent Opens Clogged Arteries, then Gradually Dissolves in the Body Washington, D.C., August 30, 2016 – A heart stent that slowly dissolves into the body is now available for patients with clo...

Cardiology Terms to Know By: Athanasios Thomaides, MD, FACC Heart attack: The medical term for a heart attack is myocardial infarction (MI).  MIs are caused by blocked arteries supplying the mus...

Auxiliary Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Caring for our Community  MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital would not be where it is today without the continued support of the hospital&rsquo...

MedStar Health will host a group of medical students from Georgetown University School of Medicine for the first six months of their third year of medical school at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center as part of a new shared curriculum that satisfies the students’ clinical rotations requirements in an innovative, patient-centered way.