Prevention, Screening and Lifestyle Changes Could Reverse the Alarming Increase in Diabetes

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  By Catherine Brown, MS, RD, CDE Diabetes Education Coordinator November is National Diabetes Awareness Month.  The incidence of diabetes is increasing at an alarming rate worldwide.  In theUnited States, 26 million people have diabetes.  That’s 8.3 percent of us. Chances are you know someone with diabetes.  Additionally, an estimated 79 million people have pre-diabetes, which means the sugar [...]

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Grateful Father Organizes Concert to Benefit University of Maryland Children’s Hospital

November 3, 2011

By Daniel Purdie and Cynthia McClain Purdie Last year, our healthy, vibrant 2-year-old son Adam suddenly began having convulsive seizures. Another emergency facility thought they were caused by a fever or an allergic reaction, but the University of Maryland Medical Center soon ruled that out. They performed thorough exams and Adam spent several nights in [...]

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Celebrating “Great Stories” in Style

October 14, 2011

By Chris Lindsley Great employee stories occur every day at the University of Maryland Medical Center. On Monday, October 10, UMMC’s Employee Engagement Team, a part of the hospital’s Commitment to Excellence program, celebrated four such great stories in a moving ceremony that reunited patients and their caregivers and other hospital staff. The stories came from [...]

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Passion for Kids Leads Children’s Heart Director to Keep on Running!

October 6, 2011

By Dr. Geoffrey Rosenthal, Director, Children’s Heart Program Running is my passion.  I haven’t skipped a day of running in four years and have been known to run even while injured, powering through a stress fracture or more recently, cracked ribs.  On most weekends, it’s not uncommon to find me running.  Ideally, I’m participating in [...]

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Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day 2011

September 28, 2011
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By Sharon Boston Media Relations Manager On Friday, September 30, a trip to the doctor may seem a walk in the park, particularly when “Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day” takes over the park in front of the Medical Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) [...]

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Multiple Myeloma Patient Returns to Active Lifestyle and Raises Awareness for Cancer Research

September 19, 2011
Bob Viti

By Bob Viti Thurmont resident Bob Viti  is a husband, father, competitive triathlete, high school educator and soccer coach. Bob was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in August 2007, had a stem cell transplant in March 2008, and is now on maintenance therapy. He is in complete remission and back to the active lifestyle he enjoys. [...]

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Living Donor Fundraiser Exceeds $10,000!

September 14, 2011

In follow-up to a post from Marla Blackwell on living kidney donation, we are grateful to report that the 4th annual ‘Night with Nashville’ concert and fundraiser reached a new milestone by raising more than $10,000 on September 8! Guests partied the night away to country tunes from recording artists Megan Mullins and James Wesley, [...]

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The Child Life Department Hosts a Back to School Carnival

September 13, 2011
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By Megan Kikola, M.S., CCLS Child Life Assistant If you happened to take the rotunda elevators to the Children’s Hospital on Friday, August 12, you would have been greeted by a wonderland of music, characters, and bright colors. A world where the pediatric patients were not focused on pokes, IV pumps and tears; but on [...]

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Baltimore’s Grand Prix Track a Block Away from the Nation’s First Trauma Center

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As race car drivers hurtle along city streets at speeds of more than 150 miles per hour this weekend during Baltimore’s Grand Prix, they might find it reassuring to know that if they crash, they are only moments away from the nation’s first trauma center, the world-renowned University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. The R [...]

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September is PAD Awareness Month – So What?

September 2, 2011
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By Robert Crawford, M.D. Assistant Professor of Surgery Everyone asks, “what is PAD?” September is as good a time as any to explain. PAD stands for Peripheral Arterial Disease – sort of a mouthful, so we stick with PAD. It is a condition that affects the arteries that bring blood to your lower extremities. These arteries [...]

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