MedStar Health News

According to Interventional Cardiologist Mun K. Hong, MD, FACC, obesity has multiple harmful effects on the heart, including the heart muscle, the blood vessels, and heart rhythm. Having th...

Addiction Awareness Rodney Scales, Director of Behavioral Health at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center, Valerie Stanfield, Coordinator of Intake Assessment, and Chelsea Lewis-Wilkins, Counselor...

Upper Marlboro Police Chief Calvin Washington Shares his Experience with Colon Cancer to Highlight the Importance of Regular Checkups, Particularly Colonoscopies As a municipal police chief in Prince...

Patient and Family Advisory Council for Quality and Safety (PFACQS), Fall 2017 PFACQS stands for Patient and Family Advisory Council for Quality and Safety. It is a committee that meets quarterly and...

It may surprise you to learn that a significant percentage of the cases seen in MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center’s Operating Rooms are for procedures with pediatric dentists. Several groups...

Local Woman and Newborn Saved After Sudden Potentially-Fatal Pregnancy Complications Our story begins on a chilly night in late December 2016. Excited, soon-to-be parents, LaWan Sypert-Mujiheed,...