MedStar Health News

Vercise™ DBS More Convenient for Patients than Traditional DBS

Three investigators from the MedStar Health Research Institute have been awarded grant funding for three research initiatives through the Charles and Mary Latham Fund. The research projects are focused on patient outcomes in diabetes, palliative care, and brain injury. The fund was established by established by Ella O. Latham, to support medical research in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital recently earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark for Advanced Cert...

The new MedStar NRH Neuroscience Occupational Therapy Residency Program earned top marks during its first site visit by the American Occupational Therapy Association.

Leonardtown, Maryland (June 14, 2017) – June is National Aphasia Awareness Month and MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital will be offering information sessions Tuesday, June 27, and Thursday, June 29, to help ...

A small phase I study provides molecular evidence that an FDA-approved drug for leukemia significantly increased brain dopamine and reduced toxic proteins linked to disease progression in patients with Parkinson’s disease or dementia with Lewy bodies.