MedStar Health News

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...

Helmet Safety Checks and Blood Pressure Screenings Provided during “Music at the Monument” Concert, Friday July 29   Washington, D.C., July 27, 2016 – Nurses from MedStar ...

MedStar Washington Hospital Center now offers Blue Light Cystoscopy with Cysview®, a new, FDA-approved technology used to pinpoint bladder tumors in patients with known or suspected bladder cancer.

New Facility Unlocks New Model of Care and Patient Experience Washington, D.C., June 14, 2016 – The first dedicated heart and vascular hospital in the nation’s capital is opening on the campus of...

Three confirmed cases of the Zika virus have now been reported in D.C., all from people who have traveled outside of the United States, according to the D.C. Department of Health. One of the three cas...

Morton’s neuroma is a bothersome cyst that causes numbness, shooting or burning pain in the ball of your foot.